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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 Lincoln's Funeral-Removal of the Body from the City Hall to the Funeral Car, New York, April 25th, 1865 and the Late Richard Cobden

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09118.46 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: New York Type: Sketch Date: 13 May 1865 Pagination: 2 sketches : B&W ; 28 x 41.5 cm. Order a Copy

From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.

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