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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.

7 invitations to various special and commemorative events, 1866-1905.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.225 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Document Date: 23 April 1866-1 June 1905 Pagination: 7 items, various sizes. Order a Copy

Invitations: to "Shakespeare's Birthday Dinner", "The Salmagundi Sketch Club", reunion of "The Society of the Army of the Cumberland", "Chamber of Commerce of the State" banquet, inauguration of new Metropolitan Museum of Art, memorial book in memory of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, and "The Lewis and Clarke Centennial Exposition" commemorating the founding of "Oregon County." Some of the items feature designs and drawings created by Ward.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

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