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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.

Unidentified union soldier rank obscured, standing with officer's hat and sword

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1008 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1863/07/24 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 9.7 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Ink inscription on verso "Fairfax Seminary Hospital Friday July 24th 1863."

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