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Court Declares the Bill of Rights Belongs to North Carolina

Record #:
15775
Abstract:
On March 24th, Judge Henry W. Hight Jr. awarded North Carolina formal ownership of the state's original copy of the Bill of Rights. North Carolina's copy had been removed from the capitol by a Union officer and confiscated by the FBI in Philadelphia. The document will remain in state archives vaults.
Source:
Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 56 Issue 3, July 2008, p77-78, por