NH, USA
American Independence Museum (Ladd-Gilman House)
Museum
Located on the grounds of the Ladd-Gilman House, this museum holds one of only two surviving draft copies of the U.S. Constitution and a rare Dunlap broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence. The Ladd-Gilman House served as headquarters of the NH state treasury during the Revolution under Nicholas Gilman Sr.
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Address
1 Governors Lane, Exeter, NH 03833
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