Our Collection

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.

Officers of the 20th U.S. Colored troops with autographs

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06358 Author/Creator: Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: 1864/02/08 Pagination: 12 carte de visites Order a Copy

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