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Lost Declaration of Independence copy found in UK archives

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A retired insurance executive, Michael Scurr, discovered a lost early copy of the Declaration of Independence while volunteering at Britain's National Archives. This rare Exeter printing, dated July 1776, was found attached to a report about the capture of the American privateer Dalton by the Royal Navy in December 1776. The document is significant as it is one of only 11 known copies of this printing and the only one located outside the United States, offering a tangible link to the Revolutionary War era. AI

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Danica Kirka, The Associated Press ·

    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 one morning.

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