Our Collection

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.

[Bank note]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07766 Author/Creator: Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: 12 November 1802 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24.2 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Later copy. A $60,000 note to be paid in two years without interest.

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