Have a great 250th Independence Day tomorrow....and we found something in England

[devon deer]

Times flies!
In addition to having some celebrations, this might be of interest, it was discovered only recently, one of only 11 still in existence https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/rare-1776-declaration-of-independence-discovered/

 

[mdhunter]

‘The only copy taken by military action”. That is an interesting piece of history.

 

[Dave N]

Coincidentally printed in Exeter.

 

[devon deer]

Coincidentally printed in Exeter.

I did a double take on that Dave, across the pond from Exeter

 

[Dan-06]

That’s kool, one of my relatives signed it.

 

[BenP]

What's wild to me is that it's been sitting in archives for 250 years "undiscovered". like what other stuff is just chilling in boxes from who knows when.

 

[Brad]

That’s kool, one of my relatives signed it.

Same here. My 1st cousin, Thomas Mckean.

 

[Sytes]

Very cool find!