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Harvard's Magna Carta 'copy' is actually an original, say researchers
Lorin Granger, Harvard Law SchoolHarvard's law school library bought this document in 1946 for $27.50, thinking it was a copy ...
Harvard bought a Magna Carta copy for $27. It turned out to be an original from 1300.
Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly ...
$27 copy of Magna Carta turns out to be the real thing
An original copy of the Magna Carta has been discovered hiding in the archives of Harvard University, and the British ...
Harvard paid $27 for a copy of the Magna Carta only to discover that it’s an original
For decades, Harvard Law School has had a copy of the Magna Carta in its library. Recently, pair of historians discovered ...
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725-year-old Magna Carta found after 80 years at Harvard, bought for $27 as a fake
According to Harvard’s library records, the document was bought in 1946 for just $27.50. Before that, an RAF veteran had sold ...