David Rubenstein

“His quest launched in 2007, when he bought a stamped Magna Carta at Sotheby’s for $21.3 million.”

“the 1297 English charter of rights.”

“He snagged nine of the rare 1823 facsimilies of the Declaration of Independence”

“two Lincoln-signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation”

“a 1789 broadside printing of the Bill of Rights”

“Much of the collection — 7,000 paper-works strong — is in museums and archives”

“donated some $18.5 million to the recently opened museum under the Lincoln Memorial”

“There are five copies of the Gettysburg Address”

“One is at Cornell University, one is at the White House, one is at the Lincoln Library and two are at the Library of Congress.”