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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.

Ingersoll, Robert G. (1833-1899) to Mr. Riblay

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02505.25 Author/Creator: Ingersoll, Robert G. (1833-1899) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 May 1884 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy

Writes that "there is no paper I know of containing the speech. W. C. P. Fanell of this city 1315. K. Street has published my lectures, including the extract you mention." Written on personal stationery.

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