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Jim Downs - "Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine"

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Roger Lowenstein - "Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War"

Economics

Roger Lowenstein is a financial reporter who has written for the Wall Street Journal and other publications. Order Ways and Means at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link...

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Alice Baumgartner - "South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War"

Government and Civics

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Chloe Melas - "The Luck of the Draw: My Story of the Air War in Europe"

World History

Chloe Melas, the author of a new introduction for this edition of her grandfather’s work, is a journalist with CNN. Order Luck of the Draw at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through...

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Spain’s Declaration of War Against Great Britain | Spanish Influence on American History

Spain’s Declaration of War Against Great Britain Historian Uncovers a Primary Source > In this video, Professor Larrie D. Ferreiro from George Mason University in Virginia examines a primary source detailing Spain’s...

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H. W. Brands - "America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War"

World History

H. W. Brands holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. Order America First at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided....

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The Great Depression, New Deal, and World War II | Teacher Seminars In Person

The Great Depression, New Deal, and World War II is a weeklong PD event for up to 50 K–12 teachers at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Application Deadline : March 7, 2025 Program Dates : July 20–24, 2025 Location : Marist College, Poughkeepsie,...

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1861

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

to Eben R. Ayers; archive of 4 letters. re: activities early in civil war [Decimalized .01- .04]

1. 6 July 1861, 2. 25 November 1861, 3. 22 Sept 1861 and 4. 31 Oct 1861.

GLC07187

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1815-1860

[Military or soldier's decorative alphabet with Civil War scenes within each letter. Wood engraving. 12 letters]

GLC02673.33

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Document signed

18 April 1758

Moore, Joshua, fl. 1758

[Report on the fitness for military service in the French and Indian War of Elijah Gifford].

"I have considered the case of Elijah Gifford and finding him deaf of one of his ears (as he saith) which (in my opinion) may render him an unfit person to serve his King or Country in this present expedition; becaus his hearing being depraved."

GLC02924.044