Rare copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives0

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• July 3, 2026

After restoration work, the copy will be displayed in the archives’ exhibition on the road to American independence, which opened last month. Saul Nassé, executive director of the National Archives, hailed the find as “an extraordinary discovery.” He added: “It is an increasingly rare copy of the Declaration of Independence, found not in the United