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Whipple, Amiel W., 1816-1863 Shaw, [?].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06391.42 Author/Creator: Whipple, Amiel W., 1816-1863 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Photograph Date: [n.d.] Pagination: carte de visite Height: 10.7 cm, Width: 6.3 cm Order a Copy

With Whipple imprint on verso. Ink inscription on recto: "Col. Shaw, 54th Masstts Regt." Half length seated portrait in uniform. White mount.

Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863

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