Our Collection

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.

United States. House of Representatives. Exchange of prisoners. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 21st December last, relative to the exchange of prisoners of war.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.354 Author/Creator: United States. House of Representatives. Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Pamphlet Date: 1865 Pagination: 182 p. ; 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Order a Copy

House of Representatives, 38th Congress, 2nd session, Executive Document no. 32.

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