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	Title	Creator	Division
	English manuscripts collection, 1635-1871.		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	European war scrapbooks, 1914-1919.		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Fairchild collection, 1791-1927.		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Ford autograph collection, 1589-1898, bulk (1750-1890)		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Forgeries collection, ca. 1850-ca. 1950.		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Fortifications collection, 1690-1765.		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Gansevoort-Lansing collection, 1650-1919, bulk (1800-1899)		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Gerry-Townsend papers, 1675-1846.		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Hadwen-Hadden-Haden family papers, 1832-1906.		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Horsfield-Kummer family papers, 1747-1873.		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Isographies des hommes célèbres, 1843.		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Jeremiah Rich shorthand system Bible, 1673-1676.		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Kersten-Loubier collection on bookbinding, ca. 1898-1934.		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Land credit associations papers, 1852-1914, bulk (1911-1914)		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Mercantile collection, 1744-1913, bulk (1800-1850)		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Methodist records (New York City), 1861-1877.		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Montague-Collier family papers, 1863-1960, bulk (1870-1920)		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Mosquera-Figueroa family papers, 1604-1795.		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	Music Program Scrapbook, 1880-1894		Manuscripts and Archives Division
	New York State miscellaneous collection, ca. 1688-1900, bulk (1700-1870)		Manuscripts and Archives Division

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