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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.

Unknown "Hager's Class of '61 19 in number."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05173.01 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Annapolis, Maryland Type: Photograph Date: 1870 ca. Pagination: 1 Albumen Order a Copy

Nineteen young men in Naval academy uniforms.

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