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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.

United States. Department of Agriculture. [U. S. Department of Agriculture press release, Timber Decay Costs Millions]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00687.177.01 Author/Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture. Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Printed document Date: 30 November 1909 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope Height: 27.2 cm, Width: 20.6 cm Order a Copy

The U.S. spends a great deal of money and manpower working to reverse the losses of wood decay, caused by fungus. The Wood Preservation Office of the US Forest Service experiments in cooperation with railroads and other corporations to prolong the life of wood.

Powell, George May, 1835-1905

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