‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives

North America Politics Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:48:56 GMT High confidence — 76/100

As he opened a volume of 18th-century Royal Navy correspondence, however, Scurr unfolded a document whose opening words he recognised.
A declaration by the representatives of the United States of America …”What Scurr had found was a “vanishingly rare” copy of an early printing of the US Declarat

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As he opened a volume of 18th-century Royal Navy correspondence, however, Scurr unfolded a document whose opening words he recognised.
A declaration by the representatives of the United States of America …”What Scurr had found was a “vanishingly rare” copy of an early printing of the US Declarat

Sources: Guardian