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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.

Washington, George (1732-1799) Journal of Major George Washington, sent by the Hon. Robert Dinwiddie

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00419.01 Author/Creator: Washington, George (1732-1799) Place Written: London Type: Book Date: 1754 Pagination: 32 p. 21 x 13 cm Order a Copy

First English Edition, with rare folding map (housed separately as .02) of what became the Eastern United States to Mississippi River. Howes W134, Sabin 101710, Church 999, Streeter Sale 1713. Originally published in Williamsburg.

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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