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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.

Hunt, Richard M. (fl. 1887) to J.Q.A. Ward

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.251 Author/Creator: Hunt, Richard M. (fl. 1887) Place Written: Tribune Building, 154 Nassau Street, New York, [NY] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 May 1887 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 26.3 cm x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Stationary heading: "Office of Richard M. Hunt, Architect, Tribune Building". Re: Notes and specifications on construction of the President Garfield memorial, with sketch of the pedestal on reverse side.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Hunt, Richard M., 1827-1895
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

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