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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.

Biddle, Clement (1740-1814) to John Gibson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01412.16 Author/Creator: Biddle, Clement (1740-1814) Place Written: White Plains, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 August 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 21 x 17 cm Order a Copy

Mentions leaving Valley Forge and indicates that he has sent payment for a (unspecified) debt.

Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814
Gibson, John, 1729-1782

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