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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.

Thompson, Wilmot, fl. 1864-1901 to my dear wife

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02740.20 Author/Creator: Thompson, Wilmot, fl. 1864-1901 Place Written: City Point, VA Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 January 1865 Pagination: 4 p. ; 12.7 x 20.6 cm. Order a Copy

There is talk of settling up at their present location. Where they are now was the site of a battleground last Spring. Tomorrow there is an inspection so everything has to be very clean.

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