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Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854 T. W. Dorr. Inaugurated governor of Rhode Island, May 3d 1842

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07247.01 Author/Creator: Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854 Place Written: New York Type: Print Date: 1844 ca. Pagination: 1 print Order a Copy

Engraved from daguerreotype. Lithograph by J. Baillie; distributed by Sowle & Shaw, New Bedford. (Baillie as print maker is described in America on Stone 84-85.)

Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854

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