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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.

Unknown Petition to change the ward lines to include [parts of the first ward] Young and 8th Streets in the Second Ward.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05756.067 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Ogden, Utah Type: Autograph document Date: 17 February 1890 Pagination: 4 p. ; 31.6 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Includes 81 signatures.

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Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844

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