Our Collection

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.

U.S. Continental Congress Journals of Congress. Containing the proceedings in the year, 1776

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00219.02 Author/Creator: U.S. Continental Congress Place Written: Philadelphia Type: Book Date: 1777 Pagination: v. 2: [2] 513 [23] 22 x 13 cm Order a Copy

Strand of blond hair originally laid-in p.296-297 now in paper folder in back.

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