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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.

[Col. Smith's money spent on bacon and flour]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450..600.018 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 31 July 1805 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 5 cm, Width: 11.5 cm Order a Copy

Murphy, David, 1769-1844

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