- A rare copy of the US Declaration of Independence, printed in Exeter, New Hampshire in July 1776, was discovered in The National Archives in Kew, UK, by volunteer Michael Scurr.
- It is one of only 11 surviving copies from that printing, seized by the Royal Navy in 1776 from an American ship and hidden for centuries, described as 'an extraordinary discovery.'
- The document was restored and will be displayed in an exhibition on American independence; it is the only known copy taken by military action.