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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.

View from an elevation in front of the Capitol, Nashville, Tenn., looking west

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.045 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1864/12/15 Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "View from an elevation in front of the Capitol, Nashville, Tenn., looking west over the Battle field on the first day of the fight, Dec. 15th, 1864." Looking down a hill, over the roofs of some houses and barns. View slightly to the right of War View: 2636 (GLC05137.046).

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