Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly ...

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

Issued by Edward I in 1300, this version of the historic text is one of only seven known surviving copies. It's been hiding ...

At a moment when Harvard is battling the Trump administration, a scholar who helped discover the charter said it was an ...

The original Magna Carta established in 1215 the principle that the king is subject to law. It formed the basis of ...

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

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

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

The Harvard Law School library bought a copy of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50. It's now likely worth millions of dollars.

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

A manuscript purchased by Harvard University for less than $30 as a water-stained copy of the Magna Carta is, in fact, an ...