Search | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

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.

Start New Search

87506 search results

Filter:

Only return results with full-sized images

Sort by

Advanced search

Keyword

Author

Subjects

Place written

Year

Sub-era

October 25, 1862

Hughes, Alfred, fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Hughes

Departure of Rev. Drs. Baldwin, Wharton, Saurie, and Ford.

GLC02166.098

October 26, 1862

Hughes, Alfred, fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Hughes

Change in weather and snowstorm during the night; complimenting her on her treatment of Judge Thompson.

GLC02166.099

1940-1945

Object

Title: Pin.

Enameled pin with seal of the city of Tirol.

GLC06196.180

1940-1945

Object

Title: Pin.

Enameled pin with seal of the city of Vienna.

GLC06196.181

1940-1945

Object

Title: Pendant.

Steel pendant with a school crest on the front, and "Cardinal Spellman" engraved on back.

GLC06196.182

1940-1945

Object

Title: Pin.

Enameled pin inscribed "Emergency First Aid," with red cross.

GLC06196.183

1940-1945

Object

Title: Bullet.

Brass bullet with chain.

GLC06196.184

1940-1945

Object

Title: Enamel insignia.

San Juan enamel insignia, fort and motto "Semper Paratus."

GLC06196.185

1940-1945

Object

Title: Enamel insignia.

San Juan enamel insignia, fort and motto "Semper Paratus."

GLC06196.186

1940-1945

Object

Title: Enamel insignia.

San Juan enamel insignia, fort and motto "Semper Paratus."

GLC06196.187

1940-1945

Object

Title: Pin.

Pin displaying sword, pickaxe, wreath, and motto "Droit et Avant."

GLC06196.188

1940-1945

Object

Title: Pin.

Pin displaying sword, pickaxe, wreath, and motto "Droit et Avant."

GLC06196.189

1940-1945

Object

Title: Device.

Device with seal of the U.S.

GLC06196.190

9 April 1818

Collamore, Horace, 1791-1867

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Encloses several bank notes drawn by E. Kingsman (not included), listing their dates and amounts. Discusses Kingsman's desire to settle a pending lawsuit.

GLC06313.04.062

July 30, 1862

Hughes, Alfred, fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Judge Thompson.

Canceling request for aid in securing parole from prison.

GLC02166.026

July 31, 1862

Hughes, Alfred, fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Hughes

Explaining his appeal to Mrs. Thompson for parole; enclosing a clipping from the Cincinnati Gazette; numbering of letters.

GLC02166.027

August 3, 1862

Hughes, Alfred, fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Hughes

"Dog days" of summer; uncomfortably hot conditions in prison (with pencil note from postal inspector: "Precisely the same quarters the Unions soldiers occupy.")

GLC02166.028

August 6, 1862

Hughes, Alfred, fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Hughes

Encouraging his wife to write more often.

GLC02166.029

August 7, 1862

Hughes, Alfred, fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Hughes

Delay in receiving mail.

GLC02166.030

August 9, 1862

Hughes, Alfred, fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Hughes

Mail received through Capt. Tiffany; worries about his wife's health.

GLC02166.031

August 10, 1862

Hughes, Alfred, fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Hughes

Enduring Sundays in prison; mending his own clothes; receiving newspapers.

GLC02166.032

August 12, 1862

Hughes, Alfred, fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Hughes

Handmade sleeve buttons for his wife; diphtheria in Wheeling; draft dodgers; enclosing various clippings; transcribing a letter by N.A. Gray about contraband letters. With several lines on page three written over in a second, darker hand.

GLC02166.033