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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.

Execution of a will

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03902.299 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 29 March 1754 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21.7 cm, Width: 34 cm Order a Copy

Mr. John Smith and his wife received £1,733 from the estate of Robert Budden.

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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