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[Tintype of Joseph Jones]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02739.162 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Order a Copy

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1863

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