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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.

Diamond, Sidney, (1922-1945) to Estelle Spero

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09120.242 Author/Creator: Diamond, Sidney, (1922-1945) Place Written: Cause Swift, Texas Type: Autograph letter signed Date: June 1943 Pagination: 4 p. ; 13.5 x 17.2 cm. Order a Copy

12 p originally, but first 8 pages are missing. Letter written about moving from Texas to California, but main body of the letter is missing.

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