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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 related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis [Decimalized .01-.12]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08649 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: 1863-1865 Pagination: 12 documents Order a Copy

Pertains to a project to aid freed slaves by the army. Most documents in this collection are related to T. A. Walker, who served as Superintendent of Freedmen, District of West Tennessee. Consists mostly of financial records, and contains documentation related to President's Island.

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