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Randall, Alexander Williams, 1819-1872 Carte de visite vignette bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05596.17 Author/Creator: Randall, Alexander Williams, 1819-1872 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10 x 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Assistant Postmaster General under Lincoln (1864) and served as U.S. Postmaster General 1866-69.

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