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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.

New South. [Vol. 1, no. 31 (April 4, 1863)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.47.04 Author/Creator: Place Written: Port Royal, South Carolina Type: Newspaper Date: 4 April 1863 Pagination: 4 p. ; 33 x 24 cm Order a Copy

Death of major General E.V. Summer, Jacsonville, Florida Evacuated & Destroyed.

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