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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.

[wood engraving. 9th Mass. (Bigelow's) Battery. Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. ]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02673.32 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Print Date: 1815-1860 Pagination: 1 p. ; 31.5 x 25 cm. Order a Copy

"Hold this position at all hazards." Major M'Gilvery. Wood engraving, "Richardson."

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

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