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.

Clay, Henry (1777-1852) Colonization society membership certificate for Millard Fillmore [slavery]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06216 Author/Creator: Clay, Henry (1777-1852) Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Document signed Date: 1850/09/30 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25.4 x 30.3 cm Order a Copy

Certificate countersigned by William McLain. Certificate made out to Fillmore as President of the US. Damaged, with slight loss of paper at top center.

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

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