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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.

Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869) Imperial platinum photograph of Edwin M. Stanton, seated, printed by M.P. Rice

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0474 Author/Creator: Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869) Place Written: [Washington] Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca., 1892 Pagination: 1 photograph 64.5 x 55.7 cm Order a Copy

Seated 3/4 length portrait on gray mount with black boarder. Copyright by M. P Rice, 1892.

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