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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.

Jesup, Thomas S. (1788-1860) To Morgan Lewis

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08050 Author/Creator: Jesup, Thomas S. (1788-1860) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 04 May 1813 Pagination: 1 p. + dock + addr. Order a Copy

The loss of troop movement correspondence to British and Indian forces. Fort Meigs "is closely invested by a British and Indian force, " and the express mail, which may contain notice of intended American troop movements was captured

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