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Merchants Cotton Mill.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0727 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 9.5 x 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Merchants Cotton Mill." Numeric Notation on verso: "145."

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