It is one of just 11 original copies of the so-called Exeter printing of the declaration that are known to exist.
Published Jul 3, 2026, 7:55 AM EDT
It is one of just 11 original copies of the so-called Exeter printing of the declaration that are known to exist.
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By Danica Kirka
Published Jul 3, 2026, 7:55 AM EDT
The document is one of only 11 known copies of the Exeter printing, made just days after the original was signed in 1776.
A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence printed in 1776 has been found in London.
The one found in London, printed in Exeter, New Hampshire, in mid-July 1776, is the 11th surviving copy of the so-called "Exeter…
A volunteer at the National Archives in London found the document among other papers seized from an American ship in 1776.
A "vanishingly rare" copy of the Declaration of Independence has been found in London, dug up in archives holding documents from…
Listed simply as “another paper” in the Royal Navy inventory, the Declaration remained buried in British archives for 250 years.
