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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.

Bartlett, Josiah (1729-1795) Copy in Bartlett's hand of Meshech Weare letter to Bartlett & John Wentworth

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06970 Author/Creator: Bartlett, Josiah (1729-1795) Place Written: Exeter Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1778/07/03 Pagination: 1 p. + docket 25.8 x 19 cm Order a Copy

Letter discusses Committee of Safety's request to Continental Congress for grant due to lack of funds in the New Hampshire Treasury. Signed by Bartlett in address.

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