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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) Carte de visite bust view of Lincoln's 2nd Secretary of War

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0105 Author/Creator: Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869) Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1862 ca. Pagination: 1 vignette ; 9.8 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Stanton's hair appears slicked back. Graphite inscription on verso "Stanton - Sect. of War Edwin M." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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