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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. Bond to Asa Douglas for the purchase of land in Litchfield County, Conn.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03009 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert, Jr. Place Written: Canaan, Conn. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 30 March 1764 Pagination: 1p. + docket 31.4 x 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Part of the signature is missing due to damage.

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