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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.

Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Samuel Hodgdon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06425 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 May 1795 Pagination: 2 p. ; 30.1 x 19.1 cm. Order a Copy

Forwards drafts and receipts and gives instructions on other financial business.

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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