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Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 Sitting view of Lincoln's first Secretary of War

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0074 Author/Creator: Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 9.9 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "Cameron." Photographers imprint on verso "Published by E.Anthony 501 Broadway, N.Y. from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Manufacturer of Photographic Almbums. Snyder, Black & Sturn, N.Y."

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Government and Civics
Lincoln's Cabinet
Military History
Civil War
Union Forces
The American Civil War

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