The UK National Archives has discovered a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence among the papers of a captured U.S. privateer ship. This document is one of only 11 known copies of the Exeter printing, which was produced shortly after the original was signed in 1776.
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UK National Archives discovers rare copy of Declaration of Independence
The UK National Archives has found a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence in the papers of a U.S. privateer ship. This copy is one of only 11 known Exeter printings made shortly after the original was signed in 1776.
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Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found by UK National Archives in papers of captured U.S. privateer ship
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