Gilder Lehrman Collection Images All of the images, and most of the documents presented below have been provided by the Gilder Lehrman Collection, in cooperation with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The Gilder Lehrman Collection, on deposit at the New-York Historical Society in New York City, is one of the largest collections of American historical documents in the United States. Its holdings encompass materials from the first European encounters with the New World to recent events, with particular strengths in the American Revolution, the Constitution, early nationalism and sectionalism, the antebellum period and the Civil War. The Gilder Lehrman Collection exceeds 60,000 items, principally autograph manuscripts and printed documents. It continues to grow. The collection's holdings are deepest in American history from 1760 through 1876. The Claremont Institute would like to thank the people of the Gilder Lehrman Institute for their hard work and generosity. To search the Gilder Lehrman Collection please visit http://www.gilderlehrman.org/search/index.php. Washington's Letter Accepting Command of the Armies, July 13, 1798 Battle of Princeton Washington Before Boston Proclamation Recommending the Celebration of George Washington's Birthday Braddock's Retreat British Landing Their Troops in Boston Bloody Butchery by British Troops, 1775 Washington Crossing the Delaware Washington Drawn from Life Landing of English Troops in New York The Bostonian's Paying the Excise-man, or Tarring & Feathering George Washington Portrait George Washington G. Washington Engraving King George III Retreat from Long Island Martha Washington Bloody Massacre Perpetuated in King-Street Military Costume of the Revolution Mock Epitaph to George III Mount Vernon Mt. Vernon Martha Washington Engraving Martha Washington in Her Early Days Martha Washington Washington's Newburgh Headquarters The Night Council at Fort Necessity Proclamation, January 25, 1777 Washington Raising the British Flag Washington's Retirement Address, 20 September 1796 British Surrendering Their Arms to Washington Washington's Tappan Headquarters The Theatre of War in North America Patrick Henry Addressing the Virginia Assembly Washington Washington Taking Command of the Army George Washington Engraving Washington's Resignation George Washington Sketch George Washington with Patriotic Symbols Washington, La Fayette & Greene Washington's Proclamation for Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer Copyright© 2002 The Claremont Institute. All rights reserved.