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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.

Valentine, Edward V. Carte de visite of Matthew Fonatine Maury

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03850 Author/Creator: Valentine, Edward V. Place Written: Richmond, Va. Type: Photograph signed Date: 1869 Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 11 x 7 cm. Order a Copy

ANS of Edward V. Valentine, who took picture, on verso

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