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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.

Harpers Weekly [Newspaper printing of Army telegraph operators]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08430.06 Author/Creator: Harpers Weekly Place Written: New York Type: Newspaper Date: January 24, 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 40 cm, Width: 28 cm Order a Copy

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