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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.

Standing view of Gov. William A. Buckingham of Connecticut

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0142 Author/Creator: Place Written: Norwich, CN Type: Photograph Date: 1860's ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.1 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "**Book." Ink signature on verso "Wm A Buckingham." Photographers imprint on verso: "Cartes De Visits by L. Thompson, 12 Shetucket Street Norwich, Conn. Duplicates from this negative can be furnished by sending the name of the person." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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