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Miscellaneous | Interesting

Rare US independence declaration found in UK archive

A rare parchment copy of the American Declaration of Independence has been found at a British archive among the papers of an aristocrat who supported the rebels, officials have said. The manuscript was discovered at the West Sussex Record Office in the so

History | Chicago History

Chicago's Gangster Past, Minus the Romance - CityLab

A collection of photographs from the Chicago Tribune archives rejects spectacle in favor of brutal, messy truth.