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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.

Pottier & Stymus To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: receipt for sum of $1000 paid by Ward to "Pottier & Stymus Manufacturing Company."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.299 Author/Creator: Pottier & Stymus Place Written: New York, NY Type: Document signed Date: 1869/11/22 Pagination: 1 p. 21.1 cm x 13.1 cm Order a Copy

Written on "Pottier & Stymus Manufacturing Company" stationary. Cancelled 2 cent orange stamp on right side.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

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