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.

U.S. Continental Congress Journals of Congress [decimalized]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00219 Author/Creator: U.S. Continental Congress Place Written: [various places] Type: Header Record Date: 1774 - 1788 Pagination: v.1-3, 5-13 20.5 x 13 cm Order a Copy

Set lacks vol. 4. Vol. 2 (Philadelphia, 1776) includes the Declaration of Independence.

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