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British academics who identified the faded manuscript as an original hailed it as “one of the world’s most valuable documents ...
Lorin Granger, Harvard Law SchoolHarvard's law school library bought this document in 1946 for $27.50, thinking it was a copy ...
The original Magna Carta established in 1215 the principle that the king is subject to law. It formed the basis of ...
An original copy of the Magna Carta has been discovered hiding in the archives of Harvard University, and the British ...
Harvard had an Antiques Roadshow moment when a professor discovered that an original copy of the Magna Carta was worth ...
Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly ...
Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is ...
A “copy” of Magna Carta bought decades ago by Harvard Law School for just $27.50 is now understood to be an extremely rare ...
According to a statement released by the school, the Harvard Law School Library dished out $27.50 for the document identified ...
Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document ...
In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s ...
Harvard’s law school library paid $27.50 in 1946 to acquire what was billed as a “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” copy of ...