Volunteer finds rare July 1776 copy of the Declaration of Independence in UK National Archives

Michael Scurr, a retired insurance broker volunteering at the UK National Archives in London, discovered a rare copy of the United States Declaration of Independence while cataloguing boxes of 18th-century correspondence. Dated July 1776, it is the only known copy of its kind held outside the United States. The find was made entirely by chance during routine archival work.

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