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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.

To the inhabitants of the United States of America

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00882 Author/Creator: Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Broadside Date: 11 June 1779 Pagination: 1 broadside Height: 49.8 cm, Width: 37.2 cm Order a Copy

With notes on verso: "West Springfield" and calculations. Evans 16637. Printed by order of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, printing a congressional resolution for a $45 million requisition, approved by Jay as President of Congress.

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