Historians believe Thompson likely signed two copies for each of the original 13 states ... While the Constitution is the ...
The historic text, which bears the signature of Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson, was one of 100 copies ordered on ...
MYTH: The original Constitution protected slavery. FACT: Although the Declaration of Independence asserted that “all men are created equal,” no state outlawed slavery in 1776; neither did the ...
The minimum bid for the auction is $1 million. There is no minimum price that must be reached. This copy was printed after ...
The copy of the U.S. Constitution, one of only a handful known to exist, was found two years ago at a former plantation in ...
Bidding has already hit $1 million for a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution on offer at a North Carolina auction house.
In June 1776, amid growing sentiment ... Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution, on December 7, 1787; the last of the thirteen original colonies to ratify was Rhode Island ...
A rare copy of the US Constitution, the only one of its type thought to be in private hands, goes under the hammer later this ...
commemorated the Fourth of July by burning a copy of the Constitution at a rally in Framingham. The document weaving slavery into the fabric of America’s creation was a symbol of original sin, said ...
Historical document appraiser and collector Seth Kaller spreads a broad sheet of paper across a desk. It's in good enough ...