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Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 View of Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury from the waist up

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0078 Author/Creator: Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.1 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Ink inscription on recto "S.P. Chase." Imprint on recto "Brady New York." Graphite inscription on verso "Chase" "14." Ink inscription on verso "S.P. Chase." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries Broadway & Tenth St. New York & No. 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C."

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