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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.

Perry, Matthew Calbraith (1794-1858) General Order no. 17, re: Texas question and possibility of more service

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00896 Author/Creator: Perry, Matthew Calbraith (1794-1858) Place Written: U.S.S. Macedonia, at Sea Type: Document signed Date: 19 August 1844 Pagination: 2 p. + docket 34 x 21 cm Order a Copy

Docketed. Directed to the African Squadron; received on Oct. 19.

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