Sorting out the rubble in the attic, a woman found the United States Declaration of Independence and became a millionaire - ForumDaily
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Sorting out the rubble in the attic, the woman found the US Declaration of Independence and became a millionaire

In Scotland, a resident of Edinburgh found a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence in the attic of her home and became a millionaire. The details were shared by the edition Lenta.Ru.

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Katie Marsden discovered the Declaration while clearing rubble in her attic.

“I was sorting through a stack of papers and noticed a folded parchment,” the woman said.

Since she works as a rare book specialist, she took the find to work and did the research. The authenticity of the document has been verified.

The found Declaration of Independence was one of 201 prints made by copyist William Stone for the US Senate in the 1820s. At the moment, only 48 documents from this series are known to be located.

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As Marsden was able to establish, her find was one of two copies that belonged to Charles Carroll - one of the politicians who signed the Declaration of Independence of the United States on July 4, 1776. He presented them to his granddaughter's husband John McTavish, a Scottish-Canadian diplomat who served as the British representative in Maryland.

McTavish donated one of the copies to the Maryland Historical Society. He then copied Carroll's signature from this copy to another, adding his own notes, writes Babel.

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On July 1, the document was sold at an auction in the United States for $ 4,4 million. The buyer wished to remain anonymous. This is the second highest auction price paid for a copy of the Declaration. The document was considered missing for 180 years.

The original of the Declaration is on file with the US National Archives. It is written on parchment and has the cult title "Amicable Statement of the Thirteen United States of America."

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