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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.

Carte de visite of Grant entitled "General Ulysses S. Grant, after a photograph from life"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04360.087 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: Order a Copy

Grant in civilian clothes. Entitled "General Ulysses S. Grant, after a photograph from life" [Negative has had the stars of his uniform painted -over.]

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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