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Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893 Engraving of Nathaniel P. Banks

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02459.35 Author/Creator: Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893 Place Written: s.l. Type: Print Date: circa 1870 Pagination: 1 engraving : b&w Height: 23.7 cm, Width: 14.7 cm Order a Copy

Below image reads, "Photograph by Brady. Eng.d by J.C. Buttre, N.Y." "Maj-Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks."

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894
Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893
Brady, Mathew B., 1822-1896

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