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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Probably the most embarrassed over the missing text is Pennsylvania, which will be host of the bicentennial celebration of the charter's ratification in Philadelphia next year. "We have no idea what happened to our copy," says the state's head archivist, Harry Whipkey. Next-door Delaware can't provide a copy either; like Maryland, Delaware returned its version to the Federal Government after the Bill of Rights' ratification. So Philadelphia officials are now contemplating crossing the Delaware to see if they can borrow New Jersey's original for the festivities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Documents: Anyone Find a Bill of Rights? | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

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