Skip to comments.
Court: Va. man owns 1776 copy of Declaration
AP ^
| 02/28/2009
| MICHAEL FELBERBAUM
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: declaration; doi; fairfaxcounty; godsgravesglyphs; independence; of; originaldocuments; ruling; virginia
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-26 next last
Cool...
1
posted on
02/27/2009 7:43:05 PM PST
by
dware
To: SunkenCiv
2
posted on
02/27/2009 7:43:21 PM PST
by
dware
(3 prohibited topics in mixed company: politics, religion and operating systems...)
To: dware
They should’ve subpoenaed Helen Thomas. She was there as the court reporter.
To: max americana
4
posted on
02/27/2009 7:45:41 PM PST
by
Danae
(Amerikan Unity My Ass)
To: max americana
That was when she was but a mere whisp of a lassie and had her first job as a cup reporter.
5
posted on
02/27/2009 7:47:21 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: dware
It’s a worthless piece of crap anyway...
To: dware
7
posted on
02/27/2009 7:52:40 PM PST
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: SaintDismas
Its ideals in and of themselves may not be highly regarded these days but that hardly makes the document itself crap surely.
To: SaintDismas
It’s a worthless piece of crap anyway...
___________________________________
Say what?
9
posted on
02/27/2009 7:55:17 PM PST
by
unkus
To: dware
“Another clue! Which will lead to another clue, which will lead to another clue. That’s all there will ever be—another clue.”
To: max americana
... wiping sprayed soda from my monitor ...
11
posted on
02/27/2009 7:59:03 PM PST
by
PackerBoy
(Just my opinion ....)
To: unkus
Sorry, feeling so depressed lately, shoulda applied the s tag.
To: dware
Is it a copy created by the duplication “thingy” that Jefferson came up with? I saw it when I toured Monticello.
13
posted on
02/27/2009 8:01:05 PM PST
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: goodwithagun
Is it a copy created by the duplication “thingy” that Jefferson came up with? I saw it when I toured Monticello. I believe the thingy was called a facsimile, but only made one copy at a time while the writing was being done. Outside of that I think most copies were done by hand.
14
posted on
02/27/2009 8:06:04 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(I didn't compromise my soul to be popular. -- Jimmy Carter)
To: Moonman62
Thanks! Probably should not post beyond two glasses of pinot grigio. But it is home-made and sooooo good!
15
posted on
02/27/2009 8:09:49 PM PST
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: dware
I’m surprised the courts knew what the hell the document was.
16
posted on
02/27/2009 8:12:31 PM PST
by
Ghost of Philip Marlowe
(The Stimulus Package: Preamble to the Democrat's new Declaration of In Dependence)
To: SaintDismas
I know the feeling. We can’t let the bastards get us down or they have won.
17
posted on
02/27/2009 8:17:56 PM PST
by
unkus
To: goodwithagun
I’m into a little Merlot meself.
18
posted on
02/27/2009 8:19:27 PM PST
by
unkus
To: Moonman62
19
posted on
02/27/2009 8:31:02 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
Now thats just funny as hell right there.And sadly so true.
20
posted on
02/27/2009 8:33:54 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life is tough.It's even tougher when you're stupid.)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-26 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson