Record #:

16665

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

North Carolina's original copy of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States was stolen by Federal forces from the State Capitol in 1865 and recently recovered in an undercover operation in 2003. The document will be on display at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh as part of a statewide traveling display.

Source:

Metro Magazine (NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 8 Issue 7, July 2007, p24-25

Subject(s):

United States. Constitution--1st-10th amendments--Manuscripts