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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.

Ward, Samuel to Thomas Richardson re: voucher for payment to Edward Saunders

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02471.43 Author/Creator: Ward, Samuel Place Written: Westerly, [R.I.] Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1757/12/19 Pagination: 1 p. + docket 9 x 15.7 cm Order a Copy

[Continental Congress members]

WARD, Samuel, (1725-1776), Delegate from Rhode Island; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the general assembly 1756-1759; one of the founders of Rhode Island College (now Brown University), Providence, R.I., in 1756; chief justice of Rhode Island in 1761 and 1762; Governor under the royal charter in 1762, 1763, and 1765-1767; trustee of Brown University 1764-1776; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1776. (excerpted from bioguide.congress.gov)

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