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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.

Bill dated 3/12 between Miss Capeland and Miss Payne

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03902.318 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 12 March 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 20.5 x 16.5 cm. Order a Copy

The docket is dated 19 August 1776.

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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