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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.

[Prisoner Petition]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08390.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 27 November 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

"The Petitioned Number of American Prisoners of War . . .," requesting exchange for British officers and seamen. Penned from Kinial Prison, signed by 10 American POW's.

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