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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.

Smith, Stephen Check: to J.Q.A. Ward. Re: payment of $150 "For Professional Services, rendered to family."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.298 Author/Creator: Smith, Stephen Place Written: New York, NY Type: Document signed Date: 1869/08/02 Pagination: 1 p. + dock. 11.3 cm x 21.3 cm Order a Copy

2 cent orange stamp in bottom margin.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Smith, Samuel, 1752-1839
Smith, Samuel Harrison, 1772-1845

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