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Unknown 1 print

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.263 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Print Date: Pagination: 1 print ; 7.5 x 8.5 cm. Order a Copy

Features lady liberty balancing the scales of justice above Ft. Sumter

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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