Calligraphic Documents In Composing America

In the article, “Composing America”, the author talks about how the important articles such as “the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Bill of Rights” were made. The author focuses on the article “Declaration of Independence”, the difference between calligraphic document and the typographic document. The article was first handwritten by Thomas Jefferson, and then passed on to John Dunlap, the printer and published on July 4th. The calligraphic document was made after July 4th. The reason why they added calligraphic was because to add legitimacy to the document. Both are conveying one message, but through different mediums. Which document is better? I think that really depends on each person, for some people the