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.

Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876 to Jefferson Davis

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08371.03 Author/Creator: Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 14, 1864 Pagination: Order a Copy

Forwarding the "Staff Bill which has just passed both Houses of Congress"

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