Copy of Declaration of Independence found in papers of captured US ship

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ABC News - International 3 hours ago • abcnews.com

Copy of Declaration of Independence found in papers of captured US ship

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The Guardian - UK 3 hours ago • theguardian.com

‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives

One of 11 surviving copies of ‘Exeter printing’ and only one known outside US was taken from American privateer shipFor Michael Scurr, a volunteer at the National Archives in Kew, west London, it was “just a boring old T…

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