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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.

Letter written by George W. Storer describing a mass gathering of the Wide Awakes

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09833 Author/Creator: Place Written: Type: Various Date: Pagination: Order a Copy

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