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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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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.341 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 8 June 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 9.7 cm, Width: 9 cm Order a Copy

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Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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