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Bell, Charles Milton, 1848-1893 [Cabinet photograph of Wade Hampton]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02136.20 Author/Creator: Bell, Charles Milton, 1848-1893 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph signed Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 cabinet card Height: 17 cm, Width: 11 cm Order a Copy

Signed on image. Gilt edges. Bust by C.M. Bell.

Hampton, Wade, III, 1818-1902

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