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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.

Great Britain. Acts. Act for...securing the dependency of...dominions in America upon the Crown...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03403 Author/Creator: Great Britain. Acts. Place Written: London Type: Pamphlet Date: 1766 Pagination: 3 p. 31 x 20 cm Order a Copy

The Declaratory Act passed on 7 March 1766. Printed by Mark Baskett. First printing. Paginated 247-248 + unpaginated title page.

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