Volunteer finds rare copy of US Declaration of Independence at UK National Archives

A volunteer at the National Archives in London has discovered an exceptionally rare copy of the United States Declaration of Independence. The document was found among papers seized from an American ship in 1776. Such copies are described as "vanishingly rare," making the find historically significant.

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