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Signature of Young Officer, J.J. Crittenden, Killed With Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn
Franklin Roosevelt and the End of American Isolationism
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Robert Todd Lincoln on presidential assassinations. Photo credit: Library of Congress, Wikimedia Commons. Discover more on Day in History.
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About Shapell
The Shapell Manuscript Foundation is an independent educational organization dedicated to the research, collection, and exhibition of original manuscripts and historical documents.
The Foundation’s focus is on the histories of the United States and the Holy Land, with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Its extensive holdings range from American presidents – especially Abraham Lincoln – to diverse figures such as Mark Twain; Albert Einstein; Theodor Herzl; and even to George Custer and the Little Big Horn.
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