Our Collection

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 President and cabinet

High-resolution images are available to schools and libraries via subscription to American History, 1493-1943. Check to see if your school or library already has a subscription. Or click here for more information. You may also order a pdf of the image from us here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00732.02 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: [circa 1862] Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 11 x 7 cm. Order a Copy

Carte de visite of President Lincoln and his cabinet (ca. 1862, not after 1863). A portrait of Abraham Lincoln sits in the middle. Surrounding him (from top, clockwise): Secretary of State William H. Seward; Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase; Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Postmaster General Montgomery Blair; Vice President Hannibal Hamlin; Attorney General Edward Bates; Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles; Secretary of the Interior Caleb B. Smith;

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883
Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891
Bates, Edward, 1793-1869

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources