FBI Finds New Cache of Historical Documents
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WASHINGTON — FBI agents Friday discovered a new cache of historical documents, including letters signed by Ulysses S. Grant, in the safe deposit box of a Washington author who was arrested after trying to sell rare letters allegedly stolen from the National Archives.
According to records filed Friday in U.S. District Court, the FBI found 162 documents, many identified as “original Civil War-era manuscripts” and others identified as the property of the Library of Congress, in a bank safety deposit box maintained for Charles Merrill Mount. An affidavit filed in court said the seized documents were valued at more than $100,000.
Mount, a 59-year-old art historian, remained in custody in Boston on federal charges of interstate transportation of stolen property.
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