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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.

Wakely, G.D. "Lincoln's County Seat"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05136.48 Author/Creator: Wakely, G.D. Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: no date Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 9.4 x 18.2 cm. Order a Copy

Yellow mount. Shows two men standing on grass looking at a large white house.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

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