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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.

[Print of pen and ink drawing of Lincoln delivering a speech]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08879.01.05 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Print Date: 1858/06/15 Pagination: 1 print : b&w Height: 23 cm, Width: 29.3 cm Order a Copy

A date of June 15, 1858 is written in pencil. Print is signed Watt.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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