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Article: Copy of nation's founding document was missing for 7 years
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- January 20, 2008
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STEVE CHAWKINS, LOS ANGELES TIMES
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-20-2008
Copy of nation's founding document was missing for 7 years -- Treatment of artifacts in doubt
By STEVE CHAWKINS, LOS ANGELES TIMES
Date: 01-20-2008, Sunday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to locate a rare, vintage copy of the nation's founding document, try looking behind the filing cabinet.
That was a lesson learned the hard way at the Supreme Court, where a 175-year-old facsimile of the Declaration of Independence gathered dust for seven years, tucked behind the office furniture, a court spokeswoman acknowledged this week.
Commissioned by John Quincy Adams when ...