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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.

Foster, Lafayette Sabine (1806-1880) to Senor Abraham L. Dovale

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08450 Author/Creator: Foster, Lafayette Sabine (1806-1880) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Letter signed Date: 5 May 1866 Pagination: 1 p. ; 26 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Co-signed by Schuyler Colfax as Speaker of the House. Invitation to a memorial ceremony for Abraham Lincoln to be held at the Hall of the House.

Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
Dovale, Abraham L., fl. 1866
Foster, Lafayette S. (Lafayette Sabine), 1806-1880
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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