The one found in London, printed in Exeter, New Hampshire, in mid-July 1776, is the 11th surviving copy of the so-called "Exeter Declarations," and is the first to be found outside the United States.

Nearly 250 years before the Declaration of Independence became one of the world’s most recognizable political documents, it was simply breaking news. According to the Harvard…

One of 11 surviving copies of ‘Exeter printing’ and only one known outside US was taken from American privateer ship