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Bates, Edward, 1793-1869 Vignette bust portrait of Lincoln's first Attorney General

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0068 Author/Creator: Bates, Edward, 1793-1869 Place Written: Morristown, New Jersey Type: Photograph Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10 x 6 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "Bates Atty General under Lincoln." Photographers imprint on verso: "Alexander & Stevens Photographers, Morristown, N.J."

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