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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.

Account of Robert Livingston Jr. re: the sloop

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02527 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1735/07 Pagination: 1p. 16.1 x 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Items in the account include nails, pine board, pitch, and powder.

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