Our Collection

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.

Greenback Party: pieces of campaign ephemera including Br, circulars & "money" [Decimalized .01- .21]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03972 Author/Creator: Place Written: [various places] Type: Header Record Date: 1868 Pagination: 21 items + env. Order a Copy

Also, numerous handbills in the form of currency, many quite humorous. Some items are second copies.

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