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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.

Kimball, W.W. (fl. 1886) Special intelligence report on... the Panama Canal during the year 1885

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05643 Author/Creator: Kimball, W.W. (fl. 1886) Place Written: Washington Type: Book Date: 1886 Pagination: 38, 9, 1 p.=48 p. 22.8 x 15 cm Order a Copy

Printed by the GPO. Illustrated with 9 lithographs and a large fold-out map.

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