Our Collection

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.

Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890) Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Press. Fremont. [Fremont & Dayton election ribbon]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05510 Author/Creator: Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890) Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Object Date: 1856 Pagination: 1 ribbon 13.5 x 5.8 cm Order a Copy

White printed ribbon depciting Fremont as the explorer, mounted on a horse and pointing? to the left.

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