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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.

Lumsden, F. A. & Kendall, G. W. Daily picayune. (New Orleans, La.)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.16 Author/Creator: Lumsden, F. A. & Kendall, G. W. Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Newspaper Date: 1862 Pagination: 2 issues ; 54.4 x 40.6 cm. and 55.6 x 41.7 cm. Order a Copy

Vol. 26, nos.199 and 272. 4 p. each. 1862/09/14 and 1862/12/09. Volume 272 is printed on darker paper.

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