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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.

Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) to James E. Neal re: election campaign for presidency, written as Gov. of NY

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05870 Author/Creator: Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 September 1884 Pagination: 4 p. 19.8 x 12.3 cm Order a Copy

"A public office is a public trust." Signed as governor, on printed stationery.

Hon. Sec. of War, please see L. H. Putnam, whom you will find is a very intelligent colored man and who wished to talk about our colored [2] forces, their organization &c.

A. Lincoln
April 11, 1864

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