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Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869 Vignette bust view of Lincoln's 2nd Secretary of the Treasury, 1864

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0088 Author/Creator: Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Ink signature on recto "W.P. Fessenden Me." Ink inscription on image "18." Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress by M.B. Brady & Co. in the year 1865 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Graphite inscription on verso "Fessenden Maine." Photographers imprint on verso: "M.B. Brady & Co. National Photographic Portrait Galleries No. 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C. & New York." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869

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