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[Carte de visite of Capt. James Wilson]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02136.26 Author/Creator: Place Written: Peoria, Ill. Type: Photograph signed Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 11 cm, Width: 7 cm Order a Copy

Signed, profile bust. Noted on verso, in another hand: "Peoria, Ill." Note: this is not General James Wilson, but a Captain of the same name.

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