Rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence Is Discovered in London

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A retired insurance broker has uncovered a "vanishingly rare" copy of the US Declaration of Independence.Michael Scurr made the find at the Kew-based National Archives, where he volunteers, on what he described as a "boring, old Thursday morning".The document is the sole example of its kind located outside the United States.It's also one of just 11 surviving copies of a 1776 printing produced in Exeter, New Hampshire.The historic text had remained hidden within the state's archive collection for centuries before Mr Scurr stumbled upon it.Saul Nasse, the archives' chief executive, said: "This is an extraordinary discovery."It's a vanishingly rare surviving copy of the Declaration of Independence, found not in America, but here in the UK."Mr Scurr, who has spent 11 years volunteering at the archive, came across the document in May whilst sorting through old captains' papers."I started reading a particular letter, which seemed to have an awful lot of enclosures, and I thought, 'oh, I'm...

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Rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence Is Discovered in London.

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A volunteer cataloging naval letters came across a copy of the document, printed 250 years ago in New Hampshire.

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"It was a thrilling find," he said.

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