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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.

Thayer, N.O. "United States Internal Revenue." Ward's tax returns for the year, 1867, totalling to $57.25.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.294 Author/Creator: Thayer, N.O. Place Written: No. 181 West 14th St., New York, NY Type: Document signed Date: 1867/07/19 Pagination: 1 p. + dock. 25.6 cm x 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Thayer, N.O., fl. 1867

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