Thursday, July 02, 2009

Declaration of Independence Copy Found in UK

Dear U.K. -- Give it back. It's ours and we want it. Don't make us come to get it.

Newsmax:

Declaration of Independence Copy Found in UK
Thursday, July 2, 2009 9:25 AM

LONDON -- A rare copy of the American Declaration of Independence has been found hidden in a file at the British National Archives.

The Archives say that the print, known as the Dunlap print after the printer who commissioned it, is the 26th copy of the document to be found. The last Dunlap print found was sold at an auction for $8.14 million in 2000.

Archives spokeswoman Katrina McClintock said Thursday that the file was found by a researcher looking through late 18th Century files for something unrelated. McClintock said it was discovered months ago but not revealed to the public until it could be extracted and
catalogued.

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