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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 Jeremy Belknap

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07066 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note Date: 12 December 1797 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 22 x 18.2 cm. Order a Copy

Informs Dr. Belknap that the document he is asking about is probably a forgery.

Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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