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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.

Livingston, Robert Fragment of deposition, signed by thirteen men, including Livingston's secretary

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00013 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Document signed Date: 1676/08/24 Pagination: 6 p. 32.5 x 16.7 cm Order a Copy

English translation of GLC03107.01.00012. Pertains to case between Nicolaus van Renselaer and Jacob Milborne and Jacob Leisler.

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