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Whipple, William, 1730-1785 As brigadier general, vignette bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0820 Author/Creator: Whipple, William, 1730-1785 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Imprint on recto "Brig. Gen. Whipple. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, by McAllister & Brother, 728 Chestnut St. Philadelphia." Graphite inscription on verso "**Book." Misidentified in ink inscription on verso "Amiel W. Whipple. Brigadier Gen. Vols. & Major Engineers U.S.A." Photographers imprint on verso: "Photographed by Weneroth & Taylor, Late Broadbent & Co., 912, 914 & 916 Chestnut St. Published by McAllister & Bro. No 728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia."

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