A Magna Carta at Harvard Law School, once thought a copy, is a rare original. British experts confirmed its authenticity. It is one of seven surviving versions from King Edward I in 1300. The document is key to freedoms. Harvard acquired it in the 1940s for a small sum. The discovery is significant for constitutional history.
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