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Addis, R.W., fl. 1864 [Captain Elisha H. Tobey]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05528.06 Author/Creator: Addis, R.W., fl. 1864 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 1 carte de visite : b&w Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 6.4 cm Order a Copy

Vignette bust portrait with beard and mustache. Name inscribed on recto.

Addis, Robert W., fl. 1874
Tobey, Elisha H., fl. 1826-1865

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