Date: circa 1890

Creator: Vanderbilt, Gertrude Lefferts, 1824-1902

Description:
Gertrude Lefferts Vanderbilt most likely composed this description of the 1863 New York Draft Riots in the 1890s, several decades after the event.

Format: manuscript

Citation:
Gertrude Lefferts Vanderbilt, "Account of the Draft Riots of 1863," circa 1890; Lefferts family papers, ARC.145, box 2, folder 4; Brooklyn Historical Society.

Language: English

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