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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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February 5, 1780

Dunham, Azariah, 1718-1790

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Promissory note]

Dunham promises to pay Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to Henry Knox, $2,860.60. Shaw signs on verso 18 March 1780, noting, "Please to pay within to Capt. Finley." Shaw also signs 29 June 1780, with a note that states "Please to pay the within to the Bearer."

GLC02437.00797

7 October 1783

Dunham, Azariah, 1718-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Request to issue six days' worth of provisions to eleven men of the Invalides. Countersigned by Moses Scott with a note stating receipt on the verso from Jonathan Foster.

GLC02437.02626

8 October 1783

Dunham, Azariah, 1718-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Issues fourteen days' worth of rations for two men of the Invalids from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Countersigned by Moses Scott and Jonathan Barnes.

GLC02437.02630

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