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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.

Reinhark, Charles To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: list of those "considered eminently qualified to serve on the Special Committee for Ill[inois]."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.306 Author/Creator: Reinhark, Charles Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1892/10/30 Pagination: 2 p. 17.4 cm x 22.1 cm Order a Copy

Heading on stationary reads: "The Century . . . 7 West Forty-Third St."

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Reinhark, Charles
Parsons, Charles
Frost, Arthur B., fl. 1892
Smedley, William T

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