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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.

Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant, with three stars

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00559.03 Author/Creator: Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10.1 cm, Width: 6.3 cm Order a Copy

Seated portrait. This image appears to be from the time when Grant accompanied Lincoln's funeral train.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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