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.

[Receipt for a letter at the Headquarters of the Trans-Mississippi Department]

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01404.03 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Printed document Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 16.5 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Partially printed document noting the receipt of "Letter No 3848" at the Assistant Adjutant General's office. In a collection with a letter by James Longstreet to John G. Walker, who was a Confederate Major General with a command in the Trans-Mississippi theatre during the Civil War. Attached to a sheet of paper.

Walker, John George, 1821-1893

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources