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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.

Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Samuel Hodgdon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08326 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: 22 January 1794 Pagination: Order a Copy

As Secretary of War, instructs Quartermaster's Deputy to open a new store "securely situated from fire for the public purposes, the rent ought to be as low as possible."

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