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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.

Various [Collection of engravings] [word processed inventory available] [Decimalized .01- .55]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09118 Author/Creator: Various Place Written: various Type: Header Record Date: circa 1865 Pagination: 55 engravings Order a Copy

Collection consists of original and reproduced engravings of some Civil War generals, Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession, various buildings, images of New York and Washington, D.C., and some battle scenes.

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