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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Unknown suspect

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07738.07 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 27 April 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen Height: 31 cm, Width: 26 cm Order a Copy

Photograph of a suspect later identified as Ernest Hartman Richter. Shows Richter sitting with his hands folded and wearing a coat aboard the U.S.S. Saugus. The photograph is mounted on board.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Richter Hartman, Ernest, fl. 1865-1870

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