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RARE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SEIZED IN 1776 UNCOVERED IN LONDON

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Only ~26 official prints of the Declaration survive today!

These rare 'Dunlap Broadsides' were printed the night of July 4, 1776. A London copy ties directly to British seizure during the Revolution. Learn more at Wikipedia

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