Posted on 02/27/2009 7:43:05 PM PST by dware
RICHMOND, Va. A rare 1776 copy of the Declaration of Independence belongs to a Virginia technology entrepreneur, not the state of Maine, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled Friday. Richard Adams Jr. of Fairfax County purchased the document from a London book dealer in 2001 for $475,000. But the state of Maine claimed it belongs to the town of Wiscasset, where it was kept by the town clerk in 1776.
Virginia's high court said that a lower court did not err in its ruling in Adams' favor because Maine didn't prove the document was ever an official town record and that Adams had superior title to the print.
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I believe this to be a fair ruling!! Yeeahaaaah! for the owner. Wow!!! It’s great to be him!
mrs
okay max, you are officially responsible for the loss of my backside!!!!
LMAO
mrs
Most likely it is a typset version. Many thousands were printed at that time and distributed widely. Still and all very rare if authentic!
Home-made Pinot?? Definitely interested. We should talk, maybe. Eh?
mrs
the Chief loves Pinot
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