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Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found by UK National Archives in papers of captured US ship

All men are created equal — but some are luckier than others! A volunteer poring through 18th-century naval letters in London serendipitously stumbled onto an ultra-rare copy of the Declaration of ...

Rare copy of Declaration of Independence seized in 1776 uncovered in London

Listed simply as “another paper” in the Royal Navy inventory, the Declaration remained buried in British archives for 250 years.
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Rare copy of the Declaration of Independence seized by the British in 1776 is found

A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence lost for 250 years has been discovered in London, where it is now the only known example of its kind outside the United States. Printed in Exeter, New ...

Grondahl: Declaration of Independence read to bitterly divided Albany in 1776

Historians say Albany's first public Declaration reading came during violent political turmoil that split families, neighbors ...
Washington Times

Britain’s National Archives finds copy of Declaration of Independence in captured U.S. ship’s papers

LONDON — Michael Scurr has been volunteering at Britain’s National Archives for the last 11 years, spending his Thursday mornings painstakingly cataloging documents for the benefit of future ...
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Patch AM: See the Declaration copy first read in White Plains, up close

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Houston Chronicle

Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found by UK National Archives in papers of captured US ship

LONDON (AP) — Michael Scurr has been volunteering at Britain’s National Archives for the last 11 years, spending his Thursday mornings painstakingly cataloging documents for the benefit of future ...