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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.

Collection of letters between a Union soldier and family in New York and New Jersey [decimalized .01-.03]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06627 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: July 1861- July 1865 Pagination: 52 items + envelopes + photos Order a Copy

Collection includes 48 letters and envelopes; also includes 4 photos and 124 envelopes with patriotic covers.

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