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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.

Bailey Family (fl. ca. 1800-1855) War of 1812 documents and correspondence including muster rolls

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02669.02 Author/Creator: Bailey Family (fl. ca. 1800-1855) Place Written: [various places] Type: Various Date: 1800-1855 ca. Pagination: 8 items Order a Copy

Correspondence of the Flitner family (1850s) and a single letter concerning the Union blockade off the North Carolina coast.

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