Harvard reveals uncommon 1300 Magna Carta lengthy buried in its library’s shadows
For many years, Harvard College unknowingly housed a doc of extraordinary historic and constitutional significance — a uncommon 1300 version of the Magna Carta, issued by King Edward I of England. Acquired in 1946 by the Harvard Regulation Faculty Library for a mere $27.50, the parchment had lengthy been presumed a pale replica. Now, students…