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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.

Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) To: Morton Eddy.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08068 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 01 May 1836 Pagination: 4 p. 25.5 x 20.6 cm Order a Copy

Lambasting Daniel Webster: "His Constitutional doctrins are radically unsound."

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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