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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.

Farragut, David Glasgow (1801-1870) to Admiral T. Bailey re: inexperienced troops, sunken gunboats, rebel raiders

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06966 Author/Creator: Farragut, David Glasgow (1801-1870) Place Written: F.S. Hartford, New Orleans Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1863/02/07 Pagination: 3 p. 24.6 x 19.2 cm Order a Copy

"I hear of it all the time, send more force is the constant cry, or we will be overpowered -- & now that I have no more to send."

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

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