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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.

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29 August 1863

Hays John D., fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.113

22 September 1863

Hays John D., fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.114

1862

Cook, Henry, fl. 1862-1864

Diary

Title: 1862 Diary

Henry Cook writes daily entries on camp life, including rations, illness, gambling, picket duty, construction projects, pay, and promotions. He includes information on military actions (battles at Fort Donelson, Fort Macon, and [Pea?] Ridge), as well as on desertion, scouting expeditions, contrabands, weapon distribution, and spies. His daily entries, written in ink, inlcude brief weather reports, and each month ends with a slightly longer reflection.

GLC03958.01

4 December 1865

Hays John D., fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

Written in a camp near Orange, Virginia

GLC03135.05.115

11 December 1865

Hays John D., fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.116

13 December 1863

Hays John D., fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.117

25 December 1863

Hays John D., fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.118

10 January 1864

Hays John D., fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

This letter is crosswritten on all four pages

GLC03135.05.119

14 January 1864

Hays John D., fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.120

21 February 1864

Oswald, fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.121

2 March 1864

Hays John D., fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

Also includes note with mailing address

GLC03135.05.122

1 May 1864

Hays John D., fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.123

26 June 1859

Heirs, fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.124

20 March 1860

Palmer, fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.125

4 April 1860

Wise, Mary E., fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.126

10 February 1861

Heirs, Mollie, fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.127

26 February 1861

Henry, fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.128

4 March 1861

Heirs, Mollie, fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.129

2 April 1861

Heirs, Mary A., fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.130

7 May 1861

Doll, W. Henry, fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Carter

GLC03135.05.131

15 September 1861

Carter, Susan, fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary A Heirs

GLC03135.05.132

24 November 1861

Mianie, fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Unknown

GLC03135.05.133

27 May 1862

Carter, Fannie, fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Unknown

GLC03135.05.134

21 June 1862

Carter, Fannie, fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Unknown

GLC03135.05.135

29 June 1862

Crutchfeild, fl. 1859-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs Julia Ann Cruchfeild

GLC03135.05.136

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