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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.

Gen. Sherman's wagon train, near Savannah, Ga

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.144 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1864/12 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

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