Archivist stumbles upon 'vanishingly rare' US independence document

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2026-07-03

London (PA Media/dpa) - A volunteer archivist who stumbled upon a "vanishingly rare" copy of the US Declaration of Independence, the only one of its kind outside the US, said he had to keep the discovery a secret from his friends and family. Michael Scurr, a retired insurance broker, happened upon the founding document of the United States on a "boring, old Thursday morning" while volunteering at the National Archives, in Kew, west London. The do......

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