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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.

Buchanan, Will (fl. 1776) to John Werdie

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00313 Author/Creator: Buchanan, Will (fl. 1776) Place Written: Halifax Type: Autograph document signed Date: 24 May 1776 Pagination: 1p. 12 cm. x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Receipt for pay issued to Captain Archibald McAllister.

Buchanan, Will, fl. 1776
Werdie, John, fl. 1776
McAllister, Archibald, 1756-1831

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