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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.

[Three Revolutionary War receipts for soldiers' pay]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.230 Author/Creator: Place Written: Massachusetts Type: Header Record Date: 1778-1780 Pagination: 3 items Order a Copy

Dated 27 January 1779, 28 December 1780 and 31 December 1778

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