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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.

Oakes, George to C. Bert Padon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03136.106 Author/Creator: Oakes, George Place Written: Decatur, Illinois Type: Ephemera Date: 14 October 1907 Pagination: 2 p. ; 7.8 x 13.1 cm. Order a Copy

Leather postcard with the phrase "Friends are like mellons shall I tell you why? To find one good, you must a hundred try." There are numerous names burned into the leather card.

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