Speed, James (1812-1887) Carte de visite profile view of Lincoln's 2nd Attorney General
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0100 Author/Creator: Speed, James (1812-1887) Place Written: Washington; New York Type: Photograph Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 vignette ; 10.1 x 6.2 cm Order a Copy
Imprint on recto "Brady & Co. Washington." Graphite inscription on verso "James Speed Att. Genl. Ky. Resigned July 1866." 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.
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