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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.

Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) Seated pose facing left

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0178 Author/Creator: Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) Place Written: Nashville, TN Type: Photograph Date: 1864 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 9.9 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "25." Photographers imprint on verso: "No. Negative_______ Morse's Gallery of the Cumberland, 25 Cedar St., opposite Commercial Hote[l] Nashville, Tenn." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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