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Brudenell Magna Carta

The Brudenell Magna Carta, document on vellum, dated 12 October 1297, with a substantial fragment of the Great Seal of Edward I. The original Magna Carta was issued in Latin in 1215. This copy is in cursiva anglicana handwriting. (2 of 2) Date: 1297

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BALFOUR DECLARATION, 1917. The letter written by British Foreign Secretary Arthur

BALFOUR DECLARATION, 1917.
The letter written by British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Lord Rothschild on November 2, 1917, setting forth British support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine

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1297 copy of the Magna Carta sold to Australia

The thirteenth century copy of the Magna Carta, bought by the Australian Commonwealth National Library from King's School, Bruton, Somerset, being handed over to the Australian High Commissioner Sir Thomas White by Lord Blackford, representing the Governors of the School. The document was presented at Australia House, London on October 4th 1952, and cost 12, 500 at the time. It is a copy of Edward I's confirmation of the Magna Carta and is dated October 12th 1297"

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