0:00.0	Welcome to the Dirt Show. Today we're going to have a special edition of the Dirt Show.
0:11.2	In many of my letters, in fact, in most of my letters, I get requests from viewers and
0:17.0	listeners to describe my collections. Obviously, you can see some of it on the wall behind
0:24.8	me. I've had a show previously where I might demonstrate at the Declaration of Independence
0:30.1	and letters from George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. So today, I want to go through my
0:38.3	really remarkable book collection. A book collection that in many ways reflects the history
0:47.3	of the United States from the Declaration of Independence to more modern times. And so
0:53.2	we'll start with the Declaration of Independence. I've already shown you that I have on my wall
0:58.3	a very early copy of the Declaration of Independence signed by Jefferson and John Hamcock and Sam
1:06.0	Adams and the players. But today, I'm going to go through some of the books that reflect that
1:13.2	era as well. Here is a magazine from August of 1976. It's called the Gentleman's magazine.
1:29.7	1776. This is for August 1776. That is three weeks after the Declaration of Independence was
1:40.9	was signed. And it is the first reproduction of the Declaration of Independence in a magazine.
1:53.1	And because it was published in England, it does not mention the name of the king. It's just as
2:02.7	king and then it has blank because of it were to mention the name of the king and all the accusations
2:10.5	directed against him. That would constitute treason. So this is the first magazine, the first
2:16.3	periodical that printed the Declaration of Independence in England. This is the first book
2:26.1	that published the Declaration of Independence. This book was published in 1776. It was called
2:32.7	the annual register. And what it did is it published all of the important events of the year
2:41.2	1776. And among the most important events, not highlighted, just among the most important
2:47.4	events, is the Declaration of Independence published as well in book form. This is the first book
2:55.1	in which the Declaration was ever published. It too left out the name of the king because it was
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