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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.

Large 2-storey home with white fence and young trees in the foreground

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0974 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 5.9 x 8.6 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "RE Lee Home." Photographers imprint on verso: "M. Miley Lexington, VA."

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