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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.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02166.112 Author/Creator: Place Written: Wheeling, West Virginia. Type: Letter Date: no date Pagination: 2 p. ; fragment Order a Copy

Two women who arrived to be treated for consumption after his departure for Camp Chase. Fragment - remainder of page possibly removed by censor.

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