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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.

View of the White House and Grounds, the East Room, The Red Room, The Blue Room, and the Green Room

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09118.51 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Sketch Date: circa 1861-1864 Pagination: 5 sketches : color Height: 28 cm, Width: 41.5 cm Order a Copy

From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.

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