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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.

Portrait photo of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner CSA [cabinet card]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1362 Author/Creator: Place Written: [New York] Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 16.5 x 10.8 cm Order a Copy

Image shows Lieutenant General Buckner in a civilian suit, looking to his left of the camera. Inscription on recto: "A. Bogardus, Sherman & McHugh, Successors 11 East 42d Street, New York." Inscriptions on verso: "Gen. S. B. Buckner" and "S. B. Buckner."

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