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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.

[Seal of New York]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1958 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Engraving Date: circa 1800 Pagination: 1 print : b&w ; Order a Copy

One engraving of the seal of New York dated circa 1800. Depicts both sides of the seal of the state of New York dated 1777 featuring a sun rising over three mountains.

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