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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.

Correspondence between Virgil Hickox and Illinois Senator Stephen Arnold Douglas regarding the Democratic Party [Decimalized .01-.04]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05621 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: 1861-1863 Pagination: 4 items Order a Copy

Douglas served as United States Representative from Illinois 1843-1846, and as Senator 1847-1862.

Cutts, Madison, fl. 1863
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
Hickox, Virgil, 1806-1881
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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