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Gilder Lehrman curator Beth Huffer explores a report from Columbus to his sponsors. When Columbus arrived back in Spain on March 15, 1493, he immediately wrote a letter announcing his discoveries to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella,...

Gilder Lehrman curator Beth Huffler delves into a report on the yellow fever epidemic ravaging Philadelphia in 1793.

Gilder Lehrman curator Beth Huffer takes a close look at the articles of capitulation negotiated by Generals Cornwallis and Washington at Yorktown in 1781.

Gilder Lehrman curator Beth Huffer discusses a report from the Western Sanitary Commission regarding the conditions of freed slaves in the Mississippi valley.

Gilder Lehrman curator Beth Huffer discusses Susan B. Anthony's contribution to an autograph album. "The one purpose of my life has been the establishment of perfect equality of rights for women – civil and political – industrial and...

A performance of "One Last Time" from the Broadway musical Hamilton . Performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Sydney James Harcourt, and Ian Weinberger at the 2015 George Washington Prize dinner in New York City. ...

Watch Good Morning America ’s Robin Roberts discuss her father, Colonel Lawrence Roberts, a Tuskegee Airman.