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Albumen photograph of John Geary in uniform by Henssey & Co.

Geary commanded the XII Corps at Gettysburg. He restored order to San Francisco but failed to do the same as territorial governor of Kansas. After the Civil War he was governor of Pennsylvania.

GLC00235

to Alexander Hamilton Stephens

Thornton requests advice from Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy. He explains that he was previously deprived of one of his feet, and that he went to New Orleans in February 1862 to have an artificial foot constructed. Later, an agent sent...

GLC00238

Full length standing carte de visite portrait, in uniform, with painted backdrop

Signed in ink on recto: "George Studly of Ellsworth."

GLC00241.02

Carte de visite portrait of Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Tad from lithograph

GLC00241.03

Carte de visite view of Independence Hall, Philadelphia

GLC00241.04

Half-length seated carte de visite portrait of John Wilkes Booth

Imprint of R.A. Miller, Boston, on verso.

GLC00241.05

Full-length carte de visite portrait of a deceased young girl

Imprint of W.S. White, Kalamazoo, on recto of pink mount.

GLC00241.06

Half-length carte de visite portrait of a deceased young child holding flowers

Imprint of F.B. Merker, Collinsville, Ill., on verso of yellow mount.

GLC00241.07

Full length standing carte de visite portrait of a young girl with doll

Imprint of Albright Bros., Wooster, Oh., on verso of pink mount.

GLC00241.08

Full length standing carte de visite portrait of two young girls in roller skate

Imprint of Pentz, York, Pa., on verso.

GLC00241.09