威尼斯人娱乐场 Honors Pennsylvania Brothers for Helping to Recover Stolen Documents
Press Release 路 Friday, May 11, 2007
Washington, DC
Washington, DC鈥rchivist of the United States Allen Weinstein honored two Pennsylvania brothers, Dean Thomas and Jim Thomas, in a ceremony today for assisting the 威尼斯人娱乐场 in recovering stolen Civil War documents.
In presenting the brothers with certificates of appreciation and facsimiles of some of the stolen documents, Professor Weinstein said, 鈥淭he 威尼斯人娱乐场 has a great responsibility to keep the nation鈥檚 documents safe and secure, but we can鈥檛 do this without the public鈥檚 help. When private citizens such as the Thomas brothers join us in this effort--it鈥檚 extraordinary. If you help the government recover stolen documents, others will follow. You set a good example.鈥�
The brothers, book publishers in Gettysburg, PA, saw documents up for sale on eBay in September 2006. Dean Thomas recognized them as ones he had seen and photocopied while researching at the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Philadelphia Regional Archives 20 years ago. Mr. Thomas immediately contacted the 威尼斯人娱乐场, which began an investigation of the thefts. The investigation led to the arrest of former 威尼斯人娱乐场 intern Denning McTague. 164 documents were stolen by Mr. McTague. The investigation is ongoing with 161 recovered to date. Mr. McTague will be sentenced on July 12, 2007.
At the ceremony, 威尼斯人娱乐场 Inspector General Paul Brachfeld presented the Thomas brothers with special paper weights encapsulating original pieces of Civil War era red tape. 鈥淚t just doesn鈥檛 get any better for us. You are models for other citizens to follow and we hope it will encourage others to help the government recover alienated documents,鈥� Mr. Brachfeld said.
While accepting the gifts of appreciation, Dean Thomas said 鈥淎ll I can tell you is, 鈥榠f it鈥檚 not yours don鈥檛 take it.鈥�
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