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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.

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1861-1877

Wait, Horatio L., 1836-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife

He describes the people of Paris, including the upper classes, the middle and lower classes and what he calls,a "Frenchy."

GLC08284.119

8 July 1862

Wait, Horatio L., 1836-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mother

He has enclosed two currant leaves. He describes different flowers and his wife and baby's attitude toward them.

GLC08284.120

29 October 1873

Wait, Horatio L., 1836-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mother

Cherry has a severe cold and there was a bad winter storm. Maria is well.

GLC08284.127

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