Our Collection

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.

Hamilton, Alexander (1755-1804) to the Secretary of War

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08343 Author/Creator: Hamilton, Alexander (1755-1804) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 20 May 1800 Pagination: Order a Copy

Inspector General of the army close accounts near the end of the Quasi War.

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

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