Lost Rights: The Misadventures of a Stolen American Relic
2010-08-14T08:49:28-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYjI5XC8yOTQ1MTEtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==David Howard follows the travels of one of the original fourteen copies of the Bill of Rights. The document was stolen by a unknown Union infantryman from the North Carolina state house near the end of the Civil War. It was later purchased by an Indiana businessman for $5 whose family sold it 134 years later to an appraiser for $200,000. Mr. Howard details the government’s search for the document and it’s eventual return to the North Carolina state house. David Howard discussed his book at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.
David Howard follows the travels of one of the original fourteen copies of the Bill of Rights. The document was stolen by a unknown Union in… read more
David Howard follows the travels of one of the original fourteen copies of the Bill of Rights. The document was stolen by a unknown Union infantryman from the North Carolina state house near the end of the Civil War. It was later purchased by an Indiana businessman for $5 whose family sold it 134 years later to an appraiser for $200,000. Mr. Howard details the government’s search for the document and it’s eventual return to the North Carolina state house. David Howard discussed his book at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C. close
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