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.

Peabodie, John [Receipt for funds].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02924.016b Author/Creator: Peabodie, John Place Written: Dartmouth Township, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 30 October 1749 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy

Also signed by Deborah Willbor (her mark). Receipt for Enos Gifford, executor, of twenty-five shillings left to Willbor by her father Christopher Gifford. Attested as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

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