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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.

"Invoice of Fifty one Firkins of fresh May Butter Shiped on Board the . . .

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03016 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1764/07/09 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 30.6 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

. . . Sloop York John Walker Master on the Acct. of Robt. Livingston Jun Esqr. Consigned to Mr John Cuyler M[erchant] there."

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