Our Collection

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.

Lear, Tobias (1762-1816) Tobias Lear papers [Decimalized .001- .178]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794 Author/Creator: Lear, Tobias (1762-1816) Place Written: [various places] Type: Header Record Date: 1785-1867 (bulk:1785-1809 Pagination: Order a Copy

The collection ranges from 1785-1867, with the bulk being 1785-ca. 1796 (items as Washington's personal secretary with some surveying and business correspondence), and 1800-1809 (the majority is correspondence from Lear's service as United States Consul to Algiers).

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Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

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