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United States v. An Original Manuscript Dated November 19, 1778 Bearing the Signature of Junipero Serra

United States v. An Original Manuscript Dated November 19, 1778 Bearing the Signature of Junipero Serra, No. 96-cv-6221, (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 22, 1999).

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A Mexico City manuscript dealer, who bought an eighteen-century letter at a flea market there, sold it to a Chicago collector, who in turn consigned it to Sotheby’s. Another dealer recognized the work as having been stolen from the Mexican National Archives and alerted the Mexican government, which requested the letter’s return. The U.S. government . . . .






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