Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found by UK National Archives in papers of captured US ship

A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence was discovered by UK National Archives volunteer Michael Scurr in documents from an 18th-century Royal Navy captain. The document, part of the Exeter printing from July 1776, is one of 11 known copies and the only one outside the United States. It was found attached to a report on the capture of the American privateer Dalton.