In the first quarter of the nineteenth century, many European manufacturers sought new markets for their goods. Among them were Robert and Collin Gillespie of Glasgow, Scotland, who printed calicos and other textiles. In 1821, they created this cambric handkerchief of the Declaration of Independence specifically for the American market. The text is surrounded by the seals of the original thirteen colonies, portraits of George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, and historical vignettes of “Patriotic Bostonians discharging the British Ships in Boston harbor” and “General Burgoyne’s Surrender to General Gates [at] Saratoga.” The printers issued this textile in red, blue, and black versions, and it was widely advertising in American newspapers from 1821 to 1826.