La copie se trouvait parmi des documents saisis par la marine britannique lors de la capture d'un navire américain en 1776.
La copie se trouvait parmi des documents saisis par la marine britannique lors de la capture d'un navire américain en 1776.
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Représentation de George Washington annonçant à ses soldats la Déclaration d'indépendance américaine, le 4 juillet 1776. (BRIDGEMAN IMAGES / LEEMAGE / AFP)
Rare Declaration of Independence seized in 1776 uncovered in London
"Vanishingly rare" copy of Declaration of Independence found in U.K. by volunteer
Rare Copy of Declaration of Independence Found by UK National Archives in Papers of Captured US Ship
Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives
Copy of Declaration of Independence found in papers of captured US ship
O copie extrem de rară a Declarației de Independență a SUA a fost găsită după peste 250 de ani
‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives
Reino Unido encuentra una copia perdida de la Declaraci�n de Independencia de Estados Unidos 250 a�os despu�s
Hot off the presses: The Declaration of Independence — Harvard Gazette
America’s Declaration of Independence was printed in a single overnight rush in 1776: Only 26 original copies still exist
Listed simply as “another paper” in the Royal Navy inventory, the Declaration remained buried in British archives for 250 years.
A volunteer at the National Archives in London found the document among other papers seized from an American ship in 1776.
It is one of just 11 original copies of the so-called Exeter printing of the declaration that are known to exist.
The document was attached to a report detailing the capture of the American privateer Dalton on Christmas Eve, 1776
« America 250 » (1/13). Les 13 colonies livrent bataille à la couronne britannique depuis un an quand, en juillet 1776, l’avocat…
Michael Scurr, a volunteer at Britain’s National Archives, has discovered a rare early copy of the Declaration of Independence
