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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.

Santon, Lucas Request for payment from Livingston

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00141 Author/Creator: Santon, Lucas Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1686/03/25 Pagination: 1p. + docket 29.4 x 19 cm Order a Copy

Request for funds collected by Livingston as Collector of the Excise in Albany. Also signed by John Smith as a witness.

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