Legal Opinion
Adams v. Maine
Fairfax County Circuit Court
Decided February 22, 2008No. Case No. CH 2005-5034Published
1Opinion of the Court
By Judge R. Terrence Ney
This matter comes before the Court on Mr. Richard L. Adams’ Complaint to quiet title to a 1776 Salem, Massachusetts Bay, broadside print of the Declaration of Independence. After the presentation of evidence and argument of counsel, the Court took the matter under advisement.
Facts
On July 17,1776, the Executive Council of Massachusetts ordered that the Declaration of Independence be printed and distributed in the state to ministers to be read to their respective congregations and then delivered to the town and district clerks to be recorded in the respective town or…
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