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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.

History of the transfer of the title of Westbrook

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03902.296 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: circa 4 May 1743 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 20.8 cm, Width: 22.2 cm Order a Copy

Pertains to the period between 5 March 1619 and 4 May 1743.

Watson, Brook, 1735-1807
Mauger, Joshua, 1725-1788
Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Grenville, George, 1712-1770
Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th Earl of, 1718-1792
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

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