<P> On July 2, 2009, it was announced that a 26th Dunlap broadside was discovered in The National Archives in Kew, England . It is currently unknown how this copy came to the archive, but one possibility is that it was captured from an American coastal ship intercepted during the War of Independence . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Owner </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> <Th> Reference </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> New Haven, Connecticut </Td> <Td> Beinecke Library, Yale University </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bloomington, Indiana </Td> <Td> Lilly Library, Indiana University </Td> <Td> previous owner was Henry N. Flynt of Greenwich, Connecticut . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Portland, Maine </Td> <Td> Maine Historical Society </Td> <Td> given to the society in 1893 at the bequest of John S.H. Fogg . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Chicago, Illinois </Td> <Td> Chicago Historical Society </Td> <Td> signed by John Steward (1747--1829) of Goshen, New York; sold July 2, 1975, at auction, by Christie's, London; later sold to the Chicago Historical Society . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Baltimore, Maryland </Td> <Td> Maryland Historical Society </Td> <Td> fragment of upper left area of the document, including the first 36 lines . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Boston, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> Massachusetts Historical Society </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Cambridge, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> Houghton Library, Harvard University </Td> <Td> donated in 1947 by Carleton R. Richmond . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Williamstown, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> Williams College </Td> <Td> previously owned by the Wood family; sold at auction, April 22, 1983, by Christie's, New York . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Princeton, New Jersey </Td> <Td> Scheide Library, Firestone Library, Princeton University </Td> <Td> currently owned by William R. Scheide; bought by John H. Scheide from A.S.W. Rosenbach . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> New York, New York (last known location) </Td> <Td> Private collector </Td> <Td> sold by the New - York Historical Society to a private collector in the United States . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> New York, New York </Td> <Td> New York Public Library </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> New York, New York </Td> <Td> Morgan Library </Td> <Td> once owned by the Chew family; sold April 1, 1982, at auction at Christie's, New York . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> Exeter, New Hampshire </Td> <Td> American Independence Museum </Td> <Td> copy discovered in 1985 in the Ladd - Gilman House in Exeter . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> American Philosophical Society </Td> <Td> acquired from the Library of Congress in 1901 in a trade for Benjamin Franklin's Passy imprint of The Boston Independent Chronicle "Supplement ." </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> Historical Society of Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> fragment including the first 32 lines, thought to be likely an uncorrected proof, from the Frank M. Etting collection; Etting asserted it was this document that had been read in public . However, Charles Henry Hart wrote in 1900: "The endorsement is in the handwriting of the late Frank M. Etting, who died insane, one of the most inexact and inaccurate of collectors ." </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> Independence National Historical Park </Td> <Td> previously owned by Col. John Nixon, appointed by the sheriff of Philadelphia to read the Declaration of Independence to the public on July 8, 1776, in the State House yard; presented to the park by his heirs in 1951 . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> Dallas, Texas </Td> <Td> Dallas Public Library </Td> <Td> "The Leary Copy" discovered in 1968 amid the stock of Leary's Book Store of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a crate that had been unopened since 1911 . Ira G. Corn Jr. and Joseph P. Driscoll of Dallas bought the manuscript on May 7, 1969 . A group of 17 people later sold it to the Dallas city government . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> Charlottesville, Virginia </Td> <Td> University of Virginia </Td> <Td> 1 / 2 . Found in 1955 in an attic in Albany, New York, where it had been used to wrap other papers . Bought by Charles E. Tuttle Company of Rutland, Vermont; later sold to David Randall, who sold it in 1956 to the university . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> Charlottesville, Virginia </Td> <Td> University of Virginia </Td> <Td> 2 / 2 . "The H. Bradley Martin Copy"; exhibited at the Grolier Club in 1974; sold on January 31, 1990 to Albert H. Small, who gave it to the university . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Washington, D.C. </Td> <Td> Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> Washington, D.C. </Td> <Td> Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division, Washington Papers </Td> <Td> fragment copy with 54 lines; thought to be the copy George Washington read to the troops on July 9, 1776, in New York . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Washington, D.C. </Td> <Td> National Archives </Td> <Td> inserted into the Continental Congress manuscript journal, previously attached with a seal . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Roving copy </Td> <Td> Norman Lear </Td> <Td> Found in the back of a picture frame bought at a yard sale for $4.00 at an Adamstown, Pennsylvania, flea market; now owned by a consortium which includes Norman Lear; sold in 2000 for $8.14 million; previously sold for $2.42 million on June 4, 1991 . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> London, United Kingdom </Td> <Td> The National Archives, Colonial Office Papers </Td> <Td> General William Howe and Vice Admiral Richard Howe from the flagship Eagle, off Staten Island, sent this copy with a letter dated August 11, 1776, which stated, "A printed copy of this Declaration of Independency came accidentally to our hands a few days after the dispatch of the Mercury packet, and we have the honor to enclose it ." </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> London, United Kingdom </Td> <Td> The National Archives, Admiralty Papers </Td> <Td> Vice Admiral Richard Howe sent this copy from the flagship Eagle, then "off Staten Island" with a letter dated July 28, 1776 . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> London, United Kingdom </Td> <Td> The National Archives, Colonial Office Papers </Td> <Td> Discovered in box of documents in 2008 . Exact provenance is currently unknown . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Owner </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> <Th> Reference </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> New Haven, Connecticut </Td> <Td> Beinecke Library, Yale University </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr>

Where is the original signed declaration of independence kept