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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.

Collection of election tokens and tintype [Decimalized .01-.07]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04102 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: 1860, 1864 Pagination: 7 items Order a Copy

3 tokens from 1860 with Hamlin & Lincoln, 1 from 1860 with Douglas & Johnson, 1 from 1860 with Bell & Everett, 1 from 1864 with Lincoln and Johnson, and 1 unframed tintype (?) of Lincoln c. 1864.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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