Our Collection

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.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1254 Author/Creator: Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 item 8.6 x 8.3 cm Order a Copy

The abridged inscription reads: "P.M. Bell was [illegible] at [cut off] -ies must be at home or out of [cut off] -n Provost Marshall [cut off] C.A. 45th Mass. Inft."

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