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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.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Order to affix the seal

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08114 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 21 March 1873 Pagination: Order a Copy

Order to affix the seal to a warrant for the pardon of Leon McLemon

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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