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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.

Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896) Carte de visite, wearing sack coat, thigh high boots, 7 felt hat, standing full length

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0523 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896) Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 vignette Order a Copy

Ink inscription on verso "Hugh Judson Kilpatrick Major General Vols. Captain H Comp. 1st Art. and Bv't Maj Gen U.S.A." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H.T. Anthony 501 Broadway New York from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

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