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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.

Commodore J. L. Worden [split stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1240 Author/Creator: Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 7.9 x 10.2 cm Order a Copy

Image of J. L. Worden seated, looking to his left of the camera. Inscription on image: "J. L. Worden." Inscription on verso: "Commodore J. L. Worden. He was in command of the 'Monitor' when she whipped the 'Merrimac,'" and "1861--Photographic History--1865 . . . ." Numeric notation on verso: "4634."

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