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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.

Secretary of Treasury Under the recent act of Congress to reduce the currency, it is provided that….

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06745.236 Author/Creator: Secretary of Treasury Place Written: Richmond Type: Printed document Date: 14 March 1864 Pagination: 2 p. ; 15.5 x 24.5 cm. Order a Copy

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Johnson, Homer Uri, fl. 1896

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