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Albert Einstein to Rose Russell [in German], [May 28], 1953. (Gilder Lehrman Col

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Albert Einstein on the McCarthy hearings and the Fifth Amendment, 1953

During the “McCarthy hearings” of the 1950s, the government...

Robert F. Kennedy, [Report to President John F. Kennedy regarding civil rights],

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Robert Kennedy on civil rights, 1963

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Rufus King. Substance of Two Speeches, Delivered in the Senate of the United Sta

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A Founding Father on the Missouri Compromise, 1819

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Reid Jr., indenture of apprenticeship with Robert Livingston Jr., 1742 (GLC

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Indenture agreement, 1742

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Benjamin Duvivier, George Washington before Boston, medal, ca. 1790 (GLC03221)

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The British evacuation of Boston, 1776

On March 25, 1776, only eight days after...

Aurelia Hale to her sister Sarah, June 11, 1821. (Gilder Lehrman Collection)

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A northerner’s view of southern slavery, 1821

Aurelia Hale of Hartford, Connecticut, offered her...

Francis H. Fletcher to Jacob C. Safford, May 28, 1864. (GLC07345)

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Sergeant Francis Fletcher of the 54th Massachusetts on equal pay for black soldiers, 1864

Francis H. Fletcher, a 22-year-old clerk from Salem, Massachusetts, enlisted as a private in Company A of the...

Douglas MacArthur to Mary Cushman, October 24, 1950. (GLC05508.173)

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Condolence letter from General MacArthur, 1950

In 1950, with Soviet support, North Korea invaded South Korea. The ensuing war lasted until 1953, with...

“Don’t Buy A Ford Ever Again” broadside, c. 1960. (GLC08259)

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Don’t Buy a Ford Ever Again, ca. 1960

New Orleans in 1960 was sharply divided over the practice of segregation. The schools were ordered to desegregate, which angered many...

John P. Sousa to John W. Hughes, March 12, 1930. (Gilder Lehrman Collection)

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John Philip Sousa critiques modern music, 1930

John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), an American composer of...