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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.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08914.036 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 30 May 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 11.2 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

List of certain items with their respective costs. It is partially ripped, but includes a request for a paint brush, seed, and an unspecified amount of some sort of oil. The total cost of the items is $5.19.

Rifenburgh, Peter E., 1843-1863
Brooks, Louis, fl. 1862-1876

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