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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.

Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) to James J. Meyers re: support of Henry Cabot Lodge for Civil Service reform, &c

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06622.01 Author/Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) Place Written: Washington Type: Typed letter signed Date: 1892/12/15 Pagination: 2 p. 26.8 x 20.3 cm Order a Copy

With TR's autograph pen corrections on p. 2. On stationery of the United States Civil Service Commission.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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