Our Collection

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.

O'Brien, William Smith, 1803-1864 to Mr. Dawson

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.202 Author/Creator: O'Brien, William Smith, 1803-1864 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note Date: March 6, 1859 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

Declines complimentary box tickets. Written at Willard's Hotel, possibly in Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Washington, D.C.

O'Brien, William Smith, 1803-1864
Dawson, fl. 1859

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources