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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.

Stone, Lucy to Mrs. Edward Bissell re: a thank you letter for the Toledo Report

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06895.03 Author/Creator: Stone, Lucy Place Written: Boston Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1886/10/16 Pagination: 1 p. 20.3 x 12.7 cm Order a Copy

The letter also wishes that all members "belonged to the American W.S.A."

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