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Archivist charged with stealing historic documents [audio 5min]

Archivist Daniel Lorello was arrested this past week, charged with stealing hundreds of historic documents from the New York State Library over the last six years. Lorello sold the historic documents — some to collectors and some on eBay. And it was eBay that led to Lorello's demise. An amateur historian and lawyer named Joseph Romito helped crack the case after he found an 1823 letter written by John C. Calhoun for sale on eBay.
Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"