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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.

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1865

Virtue & Yorston, fl. 1865

Engraving

Title: U.S. Grant

One print of Ulysses S. Grant dated 1865. Created from an ambrotype by Mathew B. Brady. Published by Virtue and Yorston. Inset depicts the Siege of Vicksburg.

GLC08878.1139

1861-1877

Virtue & Yorston, fl. 1865

Engraving

Title: Washington' Headquarters Near Newburgh

One engraving entitled "Washington's Head Quarters Near Newburgh" circa 1861-1877. Depicts a view of Washington's Head Quarters Newburgh, New York. In the forefront of the painting three soliders relax near the bank of the Hudson River. In the distance two women stand near the front of the headquarters looking towards the river. Engraver unknown.

GLC08878.0055

1867

Virtue & Yorston, fl. 1865

Engraving

Title: The War With the South

One engraving entitled "The War With the South" dated 1867. Depicts Union soldiers clustered around a hill. One solider stands triumphantly atop the hill holding a torn American flag. Above them an angel looks down from the clouds, proffering a branch. A dove with an olive brance, presumably representing peace, flies above the Angel. Caption notes "victory." Engraver and Artist unknown.

GLC08878.0176

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