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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.

Wells, Edmund C. (fl. 1864-) to Maria

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08311.02 Author/Creator: Wells, Edmund C. (fl. 1864-) Place Written: Clayton, IL Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 February 1865 Pagination: 3 p. + envelope ; 13.5 x 21.3 cm. Order a Copy

learned that Mr. Mellon of Cinncinati had charge of the plantations and had annulled all of his predecessors. had to go to Memphis where he came aboard a crowded a boat. currently in a copperhead state.

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