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Partridge Wearing greatcoat, seated 3/4 length portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0612 Author/Creator: Partridge Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.5 x 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Ink inscription on verso "Col Dwight Morris 14 Regt C[onn] V[ols] Bridgeport Conn" Photographers imprint on verso: "Photographed by Partridge, Cor. Main & Bank Sts. Bridgeport, Conn."

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