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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.

[Group of 21 Civil War letters, documents, and envelopes] [Decimalized]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03619.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: 1861-1865 Pagination: 21 items Order a Copy

Includes lists of supplies, President Jefferson Davis's message, prints of General Halleck, blank enlistment papers, provost marshal and quartermaster papers, military issues receipts, envelopes, and cards.

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