It fit on one page. The 200 type-set copies were printed by John Dunlap, an Irish immigrant—they are called the “Dunlap broadsides.” Only 26 survive today, and one of them is here in the Berkley Collection at New York University’s Grey Art Museum. We’re talking about The Declaration of Independence, dated July 4, 1776, and signed by America’s founding fathers. Have you read it lately? If not, now’s the time to refresh your memory. The exhibition places the immortal page and its 27 grievances, a list compiled by Thomas Jefferson and the Second Continental Congress, in the company of other important documents, including a manuscript draft of the 1765 Stamp Act, a 1582 manuscript agreement under Queen Elizabeth I that later informed Jefferson’s arguments for self-governance, and King George III’s instructions to General William and Admiral Richard Howe for restoring peace in the colonies. —Laura Jacobs