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Fenton, Reuben Eaton, 1819-1885 Carte de visite half-length portrait by Brady

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05596.08 Author/Creator: Fenton, Reuben Eaton, 1819-1885 Place Written: New York Type: Photograph signed Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Fenton was New York's first Republican governor.

Fenton, Reuben Eaton, 1819-1885

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