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Radio 4,25 Aug 1989,15 mins

Protection of property by the Declaration of Independence

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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The possible inclusion of the phrase 'life, liberty and the protection of property' in the Declaration of Independence, and the outbreak of war in 1939.

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