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At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

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January 1795

Dandridge, Bartholomew, 1737-1785

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Forwards a letter Knox had requested and says the president has no objection to his letter of the 30th being published. Dated "Thursday." Written in the third person and signed in the text.

GLC02437.08120

August 1793

Dandridge, Bartholomew, 1737-1785

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Tells Knox that President Washington will be at his Philadelphia house tomorrow at 9. Expects Knox to be there. Wants Knox to notify Attorney General Edmund Randolph.

GLC02437.05918

July 29, 1793

Dandridge, Bartholomew, 1737-1785

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances Washington

Announces the death of Mrs. Lear, a family friend. Frances Washington, George Washington's niece, and Dandridge were cousins.

GLC00496.116

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