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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.

Gould, Jay (1836-1892) Indenture forming "Willard, Martin & Co." to buy stocks, bonds, gold a

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01090 Author/Creator: Gould, Jay (1836-1892) Place Written: [New York] Type: Document signed Date: 23 January 1872 Pagination: 7 p. 34 x 21 cm Order a Copy

Signed by all six partners of the firm. The "Indenture" (articles of copartnership) was to buy and sell stocks, bonds, gold and securities.

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