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Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869 Major General Edmund Pendleton Gaines

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.2074 Author/Creator: Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869 Place Written: s.l. Type: Engraving Date: circa 1830-1870 Pagination: 1 print ; b&w Order a Copy

One engraving of Major General Edmund Pendleton Gaines. Engraved by James Barton Longacre from a painting by J.W. Jarvis.

Gaines, Edmund Pendleton, 1777-1849
Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869
Jarvis, John Wesley, 1780-1840

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