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Topic: declaration-of-independence

The United States Declaration of Independence (engraved facsimile of the 1776 document)
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Thursday, 7/2, 11:20 PM

A handwritten Declaration of Independence, and the news racing to Britain in 1776

  • As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its independence, a London museum has put on display a document that may be one of the very first reports of that independence to reach Britain: a handwritten copy of the Declaration, transcribed by a Royal Navy admiral in July 1776 and sent across the Atlantic to the government it defied.

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