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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.

Sadelmayer, Jacobo Supplementum ad historiam Primeria Alta (in Latin).

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06291 Author/Creator: Sadelmayer, Jacobo Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 1751 Pagination: 16 p. 20.5 x 16.8 cm Order a Copy

Description of expeditions of 1737 - 1748. Includes information about Indian settlements, customs and potential problems.

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