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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.

Beales, John C. (fl. 1834) Rio Grande And Texas Land Company certificate with map

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02567 Author/Creator: Beales, John C. (fl. 1834) Place Written: New York Type: Document signed Date: 1834/08/21 Pagination: 1 sheet 39 x 23 cm Order a Copy

Printed on very thin paper (art vellum style) with handcolored map of the grant area. Numbered 55. Signed by Beales, Isaac A. Johnston and Silas M. Stilwell.

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