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Published Date: July 04, 2026

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A retired insurance executive found a lost Declaration of Independence in Britain’s National Archives

Captured from a Revolutionary privateer in 1776, the document sat unread in Royal Navy files for 250 years until Michael Scurr unfolded it one morning.

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Captured from a Revolutionary privateer in 1776, the document sat unread in Royal Navy files for 250 years until Michael Scurr unfolded it one morning.

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