The Rotunda of the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., has displayed the original documents of America's "Charters of Freedom" — the Declaration of Independence in addition to the ...

A Historian Pulled an Old Document Out of Storage—and Discovered an Original Magna Carta It was believed a copy when purchased in 1946 for $27.50.

Alarmed by the deterioration of the original Declaration in the 1820s, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams commissioned William J. Stone to create an engraving of it with the signatures appended.

It turns out the university’s Magna Carta “copy” is actually one of now seven original manuscripts penned in 1300. Researchers reviewed the document using multispectral imaging and UV light ...

Dorothy Ballone: “Exactly. Exactly.” Jamie Romeo, Monroe County Clerk, says the original document rule is affecting all kinds of people who changed their names, but especially married women.

Any further late submission would result in forfeiture of the priority claim. Prior to July 1 2016, Taiwan's IP Office took a rather strict approach when it came to determining whether the original ...