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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.

"Proposal of ways & means to raise 12000 [pounds] to pay the Debts of the . . .

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.01157 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1717 Pagination: 1p.+ docket 32.6 x 20.8 cm Order a Copy

. . . Government." List of various ways to raise money, including printing more money, and raising and creating taxes.

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