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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.

New York Journal. Supplement. "Last Night arrived an Express..."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06744 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Broadside Date: 1775/06/24 Pagination: 1 sheet 33.3 x 17.8 cm Order a Copy

Reprints an eyewitness account of the battle of Bunker Hill. Printed by John Holt.

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