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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.

Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus (1815-1882) As major general, oval bust portrait, facing right

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0499 Author/Creator: Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus (1815-1882) Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.2 x 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Decorative gold frame-like border printed on mount around image. Graphite inscription on recto "Gen Hurlbut." Graphite inscription on verso "Hurlbut" "Gen. S. A. Hurlbut. page 260 Lossing. Bevidere, Ill." "Waverly 1922." The photograph is heavily faded.

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