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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.

Clay, Henry (1777-1852) to Anne C. Lynch

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04623.02 Author/Creator: Clay, Henry (1777-1852) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 1849 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Thanks Lynch for a signed collection of her poems that she sent as a gift. Written at the Allanlee House.

Anne C. Lynch was a poet born in Bennington, Vermont. She began writing at an early age, and also edited the "Rhode Island Book," a literary compilation. Her first full collection of poems was published in 1848. In 1855, she married Professor Vincenzo Botta.

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Botta, Anne Charlotte Lynch, 1815-1891

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