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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.

Tripoli Blowing Up the Fire Ship Intrepid commanded by Capt. Sommers...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07729 Author/Creator: Tripoli Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Print Date: 1804 ca. Pagination: 1 sheet 36.2 x 47.7 cm Order a Copy

[Title continued] "by the American Squadron under Commodore Edward Preble." Hand-colored copper-plate engraving by John Guerrazzi, London.

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