Record #:

43622

Author(s):

Blake, Debbi

Abstract:

North Carolina's original copy of the Bill of Rights was stolen during the federal occupation of Raleigh in the Civil War. In 1995, the document was siezed in an undercover operation and in 2005 returned to North Carolina.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 59 Issue 2, Spring 2020, p28-29, il

Subject(s):

Bill of Rights--State Archives of North Carolina