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Baptist Church at the end of a road in Fredericksburg

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0865 Author/Creator: Place Written: Fredericksburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

A Baptist church stands at what seems to be the end of a road, with houses set to each side of it. A covered wagon sits, apparantly ready to unload parishiners, while a man on horseback peers intently at it. Inscription on verso: "Bapti." Numeric notation on verso: "135."

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