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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.

[Vignette bust portrait of John William Hoffman in uniform]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07788 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: 1870 ca. Pagination: 1 print : b&w Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Carte de visite-sized engraving of officer in 56th Penn., the infantry unit credited with firing the first volley in the Battle of Gettysburg.

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