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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.

[Postcard of Latimer Lighthouse)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02150.47 Author/Creator: Place Written: Stonington, Connecticut Type: Postcard Date: 1877-1900 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 10 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

Postcard of the Latimer Lighthouse in Stonington, Connecticut. There are no dates and messages written on it.

Noyes, Thomas, 1754-1819

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