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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.

Rebel Ram Stonewall

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.187 Author/Creator: Place Written: W Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

Bell & Bro., Washington, D.C., publisher. Large iron clad ship with sailing masts and funnel for steam engine. Obviously converted from older wooden, sailing ship. Prow of ship extended to ram other vessels.

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