Harvard University purchased what it thought was a cheap replica of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50 — but it turns out the ...

Harvard’s law school library paid $27.50 in 1946 to acquire what was billed as a “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” copy of ...

The discovery is a reminder of the principles of governance that have guided this nation for nearly 250 years.

British academics who identified the faded manuscript as an original hailed it as “one of the world’s most valuable documents ...

Harvard’s archives held an original Magna Carta from 1300 for nearly 80 years, mistaken for a replica until recent research ...

An original version of the Magna Carta —considered one of the most important documents in all of history—was sitting ...

The library of Harvard Law School bought a tattered document for $27.50 back in 1946, and records described it as […] ...

A "copy" of the Magna Carta, the medieval English document that has formed the basis of constitutions around the world, owned ...

"The instant I saw it, I knew! Everything about the document looked right." In 1946, Harvard Law School bought a stained, ...

Harvard Law School recently discovered a treasure that had been hiding in its library for decade. Two British academics say ...