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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.

Madison, James (1751-1836) Letter to William Jarvis and copied letter from Samuel Snow to Madison [Decimalized .01-.02]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03329 Author/Creator: Madison, James (1751-1836) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Header Record Date: 14 January 1803 Pagination: 2 items Order a Copy

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

Jarvis, William, 1770-1859
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Claiborne, William Charles Cole, 1775-1817
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Salcedo, Juan Manuel de, b. 1743
Snow, Samuel, fl. 1803

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