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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.

Robinson House, Manassas battlefield, Virgina.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0787 Author/Creator: Place Written: Manassas, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1862 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 9.5 x 10.8 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Robinson House Bull Run." Numeric Notation on verso: "44." Additional inscription on verso: "Picturesque House Campsite."

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