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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.

Nicholson, James View of the Proposed Constitution of the United States [damaged p. 1]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05665 Author/Creator: Nicholson, James Place Written: Philadelphia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1787 Pagination: 32 p. 21 x 13.1 cm Order a Copy

Published by R. Aitken and Son. Stab-stitched into a slightly later paper cover.

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