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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.

Unknown [Bought of Joseph Parker]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08528 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: London, England Type: Printed document signed Date: 17 January 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 8 x 20.6 cm. Order a Copy

William Knox bought 3 silk handkerchiefs for a total of £0.14.3.

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