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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.

Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Partly printed tax list for 1863, sworn by Davis's ADC, showing salary of $25000

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06976 Author/Creator: Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Place Written: [Richmond?] Type: Document Date: 1864/03/29 Pagination: 1 p. 23 x 30.5 cm Order a Copy

Signed and sworn by Davis's ADC, William M. Browne, and signed by Assessor.

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