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.

Democratic Party The real Chicago platform, as expounded by the Democratic orators at Chicago.

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01704 Author/Creator: Democratic Party Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Broadside Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 30 cm, Width: 24 cm Order a Copy

Excerpts from orators at the 1864 Democratic convention at Chicago. Issued anonymously by the Copperhead faction of the Democratic Party.

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources