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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.

Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Treaty Between the United States and the Chippewas of the Mississippi, and Pillager Lake Winnebagoshish Bands of Indians

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04099.46 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: [Washington] Type: Typed document Date: 9 February 1865 Pagination: 8 p. ; 32 x 21.5 cm.. Order a Copy

concluded May 7, 1864
proclaimed March 20, 1865

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Polk, James Knox, 1795-1849
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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