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[photograph of a house]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02750.339 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 7 cm, Width: 9.5 cm Order a Copy

Labeled "The house of the far famed General Maneul [Paley]"

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1828-1901

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