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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) To: Ulysses S. Grant.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08089 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 March 1865 Pagination: 1 p. 19.4 x 14.1 Order a Copy

Re: Troop movements at Port Stedman at the end of the war: "From what direction did the enemy come?"

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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