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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.

Macy, O.W., 1762-1844 Oval bust portrait of George M. Gilchrist

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07802.02 Author/Creator: Macy, O.W., 1762-1844 Place Written: Vinton, Iowa Type: Photograph signed Date: 1866-1877 Pagination: 1 photograph: b&w ; 18 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Brady, Mathew B., 1822-1896

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