The historic 160-year-old antislavery documents on loan for a new exhibit under the Lincoln Memorial were removed Thursday after they were exposed to unsafe temperatures, said a spokesperson for ...

Two of the most pivotal documents President Abraham Lincoln ever signed are coming up for sale. Rare copies of both the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment will be auctioned off in ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Two rare documents signed by President Abraham Lincoln, that were removed from the new exhibit beneath the Lincoln Memorial over concerns about unsafe heat, have been ...

An early document related to the drafting of the U.S. Constitution is displayed inside the Freedom Plane exhibit at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City. Some of the documents ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- An auction in New York City this week featured never-before-seen rare documents, some of them important to the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A Utah ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial. (CRAIG HARMON/AP) NEW LONDON - Even in crisis, Sameer Somal is taking ...

When a mysterious package arrived at the offices of the New Hampshire Republican Party back in January, party leaders were shocked to discover inside the “Oath of Allegiance,” an obscure piece of ...

In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, West Overton Village and Museum in Westmoreland County will exhibit a set of rare historic documents this month. The documents, preserved in West Overton ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — A man who helped a presidential memorabilia collector steal rare and valuable documents from historical archives and libraries nationwide was sentenced Friday to a year and a day in ...