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Old 29th Jan 08, 06:46 PM
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Man arrested in eBay sale of historic documents
*Source: Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/techn...139520080129)*
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state employee who had access to government-owned archives has been arrested on suspicion of stealing hundreds of historic documents, many of which he sold on eBay, authorities said on Monday.

Among the missing documents were an 1823 letter by Vice President John C. Calhoun and copies of the Davy Crockett Almanacs, pamphlets written by the frontiersman who died at the Alamo in Texas.

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