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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.

Hall, Jas. R. to James L. Botsford

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.306 Author/Creator: Hall, Jas. R. Place Written: Winfield, West Virginia Type: Telegram signed Date: no date Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.9 x 14 cm. Order a Copy

Lists six men that he has "arrested as hostages . . . . " Dated Feb 3 186

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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