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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.

The Anti-Slavery Record, Volume 1, Number 11.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09001 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Pamphlet Date: November 1835 Pagination: 12 p. Order a Copy

Cover engraving depicts Amos Dresser being caned. Lead article addresses his martyrdom.

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