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Henry Knox to Lucy Knox, July 8, 1776. (GLC02437.00363)

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Henry Knox on the British invasion of New York, 1776

When twenty-six-year-old Henry Knox, the Continental Army’s...

Lucy Knox to Henry Knox, May 1777. (GLC05895)

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Lucy Knox on the home front during the Revolutionary War, 1777

Like many others before and after her, Lucy Knox performed a continuous juggling act as a busy wife and mother. Born into an...

Mary Todd Lincoln to James Orne, February 4, 1870. (Gilder Lehrman Collection)

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Mary Todd Lincoln on life after the White House, 1870

Mary Todd Lincoln’s years in the White House were a combination of triumph and tragedy. Never fully...

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...

P. G. T. Beauregard, General Orders 44, May 19, 1862. (GLC00666)

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Confederate reaction to “Beast” Butler’s orders, 1862

In April 1862 Union forces led by Captain David G. Farragut steamed past the weak Confederate defenses...

Cotton Mather. The Wonders of the Invisible world....,1693 (Gilder Lehrman Colle

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Cotton Mather’s Account of the Witch Trials, 1693

Most Americans’ knowledge of the seventeenth century comes from heavily...

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Martha Washington on life after the Revolution, 1784

The Revolutionary War disrupted the home life of Americans for eight years....

Eleanor Roosevelt to Addie Frizielle, May 13, 1944 (Courtesy of Seth Kaller, Inc

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Eleanor Roosevelt’s four basic rights, 1944

First Lady Eleanor...

New-York Weekly Journal, May 19, 1735. (Gilder Lehrman Collection)

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Arguments for educating women, 1735

On May 19, 1735, John Peter Zenger republished this essay in the New-York Weekly Journal....

“Be a Cadet Nurse,” United States Public Health Service, 1944. (GLC09520.04)

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Cadet Nurse Corps, 1943

The Cadet Nurse Corps, established by the Nurse Training Act of 1943...