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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.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08413.15 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Van Hornesville, NY Type: Envelope Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 envelope ; 14.6 x 8.8 cm. Order a Copy

features one dog looking down at a piece of meat that says Washington on it as another dog walks by.

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