A rare copy of the American Declaration of Independence has been discovered at the UK's National Archives ahead of the 250th anniversary of its signing. The document, which was seized by the Royal ...

This image made from video shows a newly discovered copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, printed in July 1776 in Exeter, is displayed at The National Archives in London, Thursday, July 2, ...

A volunteer at the British National Archives uncovered a new copy of the Declaration of Independence ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary. The newly uncovered document is one of the rarest ...

A rare 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence has been found in the U.K.'s National Archive by a volunteer. Known as an "Exeter Declaration," the copy is one of 11 of its kind known to still ...

Listed simply as “another paper” in the Royal Navy inventory, the Declaration remained buried in British archives for 250 years.

A volunteer cataloging naval letters came across a copy of the document, printed 250 years ago in New Hampshire. “It was a thrilling find,” he said. By Isabella Kwai Isabella Kwai reported from the ...

A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in Exeter, New Hampshire, was discovered in London's National Archives. The document was found aboard an American privateering ship, the Dalton, ...

As we celebrate America’s 250th birthday, a volunteer discovered a rare 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence in the U.K.’s National Archive. The “Exeter Declaration,” one of 11 of its kind ...

Much of the hoopla surrounding the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations this summer might be over, but a monumental event happened this week in 1776. The Declaration of Independence finally ...

Red-headed, spindle-shanked Thomas Jefferson was thirty-three years old when he drafted the Declaration of Independence, in 1776; he was so young and, as it turned out, so long-lived that he had ...

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All men are created equal — but some are luckier than others! A volunteer poring through 18th-century naval letters in London serendipitously stumbled onto an ultra-rare copy of the Declaration of ...