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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.

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 Henry Wellington Wack

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08137 Author/Creator: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 Place Written: s.l. Type: Book signed Date: 1905 Pagination: Order a Copy

Henry Wellington Wack: "The story of the free Congo State..." signed by Clemens with autograph note above frontpiece portrait: "A bucket of whitewash for the miscreant King Leopold."

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910

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