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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.

Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872 to the President and members of the High Council of Weber Stake of Zion

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05756.059 Author/Creator: Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872 Place Written: Ogden, Utah Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1891 Pagination: 2 p. ; 31.4 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Failure of James Wilson to pay a loan of $359.68.

Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844

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