Si modo
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No, I did not know that! Thanks for telling me. I (almost) never fail to pick up something new here.I really need to get to the Arhives more. I've only been there for their concerts (great stuff) and to look over charts and maps a couple of times.Say, I see you live in D.C. Si Modo. I have toured the sites 6 times in my life.
Have you ever toured the Archives where they have the Original 12 AM's on display?
Note to self: Go again soon.
They have a 1296 copy of the Magna Carta. Ross Perot once owned it, sold it, and I believe the new owner gave it to the Archives, or it is on permanent loan?
As I am sure you know, the 1st 2 AM's sent to the states did not get ratified, so we back them up 2, the 1st was actually the 3rd Article, and the 4th was actually the 6th, etc.
The Declaration is badly faded, but the Original 7 Articles are in tact fairly well.
At Jefferson's Monticello, hanging on the wall is an 1820 or so Copy of the Declaration, in very good shape. About 26 Dunlap Broadsides still exist today, including the one just found in an English library a few years back.