Copy of Declaration of Independence seized by British in 1776 unearthed, along with the story of its owner
Copy of Declaration of Independence seized by British in 1776 unearthed In May of this year, retired insurance executive Michael Scurr was combing through historic...
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A retired insurance executive found a lost Declaration of Independence in Britain’s National Archives
Captured from a Revolutionary privateer in 1776, the document sat unread in Royal Navy files for 250 years until Michael Scurr unfolded it o
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Ahead of its 250th anniversary, four new books examine how America’s founding document has been repurposed over time — and why it remains co
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1776 and all that — the making and remaking of the Declaration of Independence
Ahead of its 250th anniversary, four new books examine how America’s founding document has been repurposed over time — and why it remains co
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