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McLean House and family posed on front porch at Appomattox Court House. [April 1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0732 Author/Creator: Place Written: Appomattox, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1865/04 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 10.2 x 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Three women and two men stand on the porch of the McLean house. Inscription on verso: "McLeans House Appomattox." Numeric Notation on verso: "42(451)."
See GLC 5111.01.0280, .0532.

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