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Copy of Declaration of Independence

The untold truth of Abraham Lincoln

Copy of Declaration of Independence Was Hidden Behind Wallpaper

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NEWSER) – When John Quincy Adams was not yet president but secretary of state, he ordered that 200 copies of the Declaration of Independence be made, as the then-40-year-old calfskin document was already becoming tough to read. And so it was done, with the copies—thought to be made over a two-year period by tracing the original, which facilitated the hand-engraving of it on a copper plate—being doled out in 1824 to political luminaries like Thomas Jefferson. James Madison received two copies, and it's the story of one that's now come into focus, thanks to David M. Rubenstein, the billionaire who bought the copy last month for "seven figures" and plans to lend it to museums so others may see it.

As the Washington Post reports, the document has been in the hands of Madison's descendants all this time. During the Civil War, it was apparently hidden behind wallpaper in a Lexington, Va., home in a successful effort to conceal it from Union soldiers. Michael O'Mara recalls it resting on his parents' mantelpiece half a century ago, but after the frame cracked, he says it sat, still in that damaged frame, in a bedroom closet. O'Mara reached out to Rubenstein, who Smithsonian reports already owned four of the copies, in 2016 to see if he would be interested in what is at this point one of just 51 of the facsimiles known to have survived; the status of Madison's other copy is not known. (This Declaration of Independence copy is unlike all others.)

The untold truth of Abraham Lincoln

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People you never knew were almost president

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Becoming president of the United States is a pretty simple process. You just have to register, be stupid-rich, and be prepared to do and say absolutely anything to be elected. Or, something goofy could happen to the president and then BOOM, you got a job. That's because, throughout the history of the U.S., there have been occasions where someone you never heard of almost became the most powerful person in the country. The following "what if" scenarios all came dangerously close to happening and altering the entire course of the country.

Messed up moments in White House history

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On this day: Robert F. Kennedy dies after Sirhan Sirhan assassination

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Bobby Kennedy Anniversary: Healer between the races needed more than ever today

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The untold truth of the Kennedy family

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John F. Kennedy very likely had celiac disease

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Bizarre things that never made sense about JFK's assassination

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