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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.

Lee, John T. (fl. 1815) View of... the... action between HMS Shannon and USF Chesapeake

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01853 Author/Creator: Lee, John T. (fl. 1815) Place Written: London, England Type: Print Date: circa 1815 Pagination: 1 print ; 46 x 57 cm. Order a Copy

Hand-colored aquatint published by G. Webster. The battle was fought near Boston. (Title is abbreviated here.)

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