Deep in Kew

Deep in Kew, England, hidden in an overlooked file in the British National Archives, a rare 250 year old copy of the United States Declaration of Independence has been found. The last such copy of the Declaration of Independence, known as a Dunlap print publicly available at auction went for $8.14 million in 2000. The Associated Press quoted a Nation Archives Colonial Specialist, "it is likely that only around 200 of these were ever printed, so uncovering a new one nearly 250 years later is extremely rare, especially one in such good condition." Only twenty-six prints of the Dunlap Broadside have ever been found.

No surprise, the researcher that found the document was looking through late 18th Century files for something entirely unrelated.