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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, Jr. Receipt of wheat from Johannis Dyckman Jr. on the account of Philip Livingston

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02530 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, Jr. Place Written: Manor of Livingston, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1736/05/05 Pagination: 2p. 11 x 17.9 cm Order a Copy

Also signed by Johannis Dyckman Jr. P.2 contains an account of animal furs.

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