Our Collection

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.

[Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality. See decimalized entries.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508 Author/Creator: Place Written: [various places] Type: Header Record Date: 1699-1980 ca. Pagination: Order a Copy

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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