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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, Three-Million Matches Struck Each Minute]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00687.179.01 Author/Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture. Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Printed document Date: December 8, 1909 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope Height: 26.6 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

The most suitable trees for matches are disappearing, requiring forest conservation to make the supply sufficient for a longer number of years.

Powell, George May, 1835-1905

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