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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.

Rhode Island. Assembly Acts and Resolutions re: preparing for war [with manuscript note]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01491 Author/Creator: Rhode Island. Assembly Place Written: Providence Type: Pamphlet Date: 1775/09/05 Pagination: 28 p. 33 x 21 cm Order a Copy

Printed folio, stab stitched and signed by Henry Ward as Secretary. Addressed to the Town Clerk of Cumberland, Rhode Island.

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