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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.

[Financial document of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04379.16 Author/Creator: Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1783 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy

Lists various expenses, including "cash paid by Marquis de Lafayette for orders presented the French officers", and to L'Enfant for ribbons.

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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