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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.

Currier & Ives [Portrait of Herschel V. Johnson]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08879.01.07 Author/Creator: Currier & Ives Place Written: New York, New York Type: Engraving Date: 1860 Pagination: 1 engraving : color ; 46 x 34.5 cm. Order a Copy

Printed with Herschel's signature and "Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States." He was also a Georgia governor, United States senator, and Confederate legislator.

Currier & Ives, fl. 1857-1907
Johnson, Herschel Vespasian, 1812-1880

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