MA, USA
Declaration of Independence Read Publicly
July 24, 1776
DateJuly 24, 1776
Precisionday
Isaiah Thomas, printer of the Massachusetts Spy newspaper, read the Declaration of Independence from the steps of the South Meeting House in Worcester. Thomas had relocated his press from Boston to Worcester in April 1775 to continue publishing outside British-occupied territory. Worcester was among the first towns in Massachusetts to hear the Declaration read aloud.
People Involved
Isaiah Thomas(Printer)
Publisher of the Massachusetts Spy who relocated his press from Boston to Worcester in 1775. His newspaper was one of the most influential patriot publications of the war, and he later founded the American Antiquarian Society.