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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.

M'Clanahon & Dill Memphis tri-weekly appeal. [Vol. 17, no. 112 (September 14, 1861)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.49.02 Author/Creator: M'Clanahon & Dill Place Written: Memphis, Tennessee Type: Newspaper Date: 14 September 1861 Pagination: 4 p. ; 69.2 x 52 cm Order a Copy

The Occupation of Columbia by Federal Troops, Account of Battle of Summerville, Vandal Pillaging Paducah.

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