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Portrait of Captain T. E. Hall.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0370 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 27.2 x 34.8 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on recto reads: "Truly Yours, T.E. Hall, Capt. [illegible] a[ssistant].q[uarter].m[aster]."

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