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Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863 Carte de visite 3/4 length seated portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05596.21 Author/Creator: Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10 x 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Whittlesy served as Lincoln's Comptroller of the Treasury. Portrait shows a very old man in the seat.

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