The Printing Office of Edes & Gill

04/16/2026

R.I.P. Benjamin Franklin On this day 1790 the venerable Dr Franklin passed away in Philadelphia. The greatest of the Founding Fathers.

04/08/2026

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Join Fort Ticonderoga this Saturday, April 11th, for a lively one-day living history event! As part of the REAL TIME REVOLUTION® experience, this program captures a pivotal moment in 1776: Benjamin Franklin’s congressional mission to Montreal in a high-stakes attempt to unite Canadians with the American cause. Learn more about their diplomatic work to allay fears among French Canadians and to encourage them to join the United Colonies in their fight for rights. Examine how challenges for the Northern Department undermined Canadians’ faith in American promises.

See the full visitor schedule: https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/real-time-revolution-living-history-event-emissaries-to-canada/

We look forward to welcoming visitors to our final Winter Quarters living history event before we open for Campaign Season on May 2!

07/04/2024

Happy 4th of July to everyone!

On this day 248 years ago, the handwritten and signed copy of the Declaration of Independence was set into print, 200 copies had been created and were sent out on horseback to all the new states up and down the coast. As the month went on, more newspapers and local/state governments would typeset and publish their own versions, allowing for all new citizens to learn of their independence!

You can find our reproductions of these various versions of the Declaration on our website amongst many other documents that were crucial in winning the fight for independence and securing the creation of our country. Order one for yourself or a loved one to commemorate this important holiday!

As always, be safe and have fun celebrating today!

Authentic 18th Century American Revolutionary documents, crafted by hand using 18th century methods in the Clough House at the Old North Church.

12/16/2023

TEA Destroyed by …..
Printing TODAY !!!!!!
At Edes & Gill at old North Church

07/01/2023

Printed in the 4th of July, 1776 at Philadelphia!
The John Dunlap printing of the Declaration
At Edes&Gill

05/20/2023

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This is our first ever unboxing video! Very special item from 1771 printed by Edes & Gill in 1772. Please do feel free to contribute to the link in the vide...

05/19/2023

Check out Edes & Gill at WBUR "Weekend" by Yankee Magazine!

Richard heads to Maine to check out one of the world’s most-photographed lighthouses, while Amy explores history and seafood in Boston’s famed Italian enclav...

03/06/2023

Boston Massacre 250th Anniversary Prints Available!
Recently discovered a small qty of this very popular prints. Avaialbe here or at our website www.edesandgill.org

07/17/2022

Printing the Declaration of Independance, July 17, 1776!
On the afternoon of July 4 John Adam’s was tasked by congress to oversee the printing of the Declaration as edited by Congress on the 3rd and 4th. He carried a fair copy to the print house of John Dunlap and printed about 200 copies. The following day John Hancock began sending copies to the various states mostly by horseback. It took 10 days for the Declaration copy to reach Boston on the 15th, it was set in type on the 16th by John Gill and printed today, July 17, 1776…. It was ready for distribution on the 18th and was read from the balcony of the Old State House on that same day for the first time in Boston!

04/15/2022

Printing Office of Edes & Gill officially OPEN at Old North Church, Clough House.
Come on by this weekend ! 11-5 F, S, Sun

04/01/2022

Edes & Gill has MOVED! Very excited to announce that the Printing Office of Edes & Gill has moved to 21 Unity Street, Boston North End, Clough House at Old North Church. Re-Opening April 15th, 2022