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Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 [Cabinet photograph of William Tecumseh Sherman]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02865 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph signed Date: [1860 ca.] Pagination: 1 cabinet card Height: 17 cm, Width: 11 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso reads: Given [to] Aunt Eliza by Judge David Daris[?] of Illinois (Bloomington) who nominated Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency.

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