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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.

Committee of Safety for Montgomery County.....

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06785.01 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: 1861/06/05 Pagination: 1 p. 20.2 x 12.8 cm Order a Copy

Requesting committees be formed at the courthouse to "Assist in suppressing insurrection or repelling invasion." Paper has purple stain from inactive mold at left margin.

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