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An original version of the Magna Carta —considered one of the most important documents in all of history—was sitting ...
Issued by Edward I in 1300, this version of the historic text is one of only seven known surviving copies. It's been hiding ...
BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and ...
British academics who identified the faded manuscript as an original hailed it as “one of the world’s most valuable documents ...
According to Harvard’s library records, the document was bought in 1946 for just $27.50. Before that, an RAF veteran had sold ...
The Harvard Magna Carta is thought to have been issued to the former parliamentary borough of Appleby in Westmorland, England ...
The Magna Carta was a landmark legal document responsible for shifting the balance of power away from the kings who had spent ...
The Harvard Law School library bought a copy of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50. It's now likely worth millions of dollars.
Harvard Law School's document labeled as an unofficial copy since 1946 is actually an original Magna Carta from 1300. Professors David Carpenter and Nicholas Vincent confirmed its authenticity through ...