Rare copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives
The newly discovered copy is one of only 11 of its kind in the world.
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"I think you need to come and have a look at this."
— Michael Scurr , Other
"It's a vanishingly rare surviving copy of the Declaration of Independence, found not in America, but here in the UK."
— Saul Nassé , Executive
"One of the rarest forms of the Declaration we know about."
— Dr Graham Moore , Academic
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The newly discovered copy is one of only 11 of its kind in the world.
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