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Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896) Standing view of the Kansas free-soiler

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0153 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896) Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 9.9 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

MOMA # 94.608. Lead "Lane's Army of the North" on raids against Kansas slaveholders. Elected to the Senate in 1861 where he served until his suicide in 1866. Ink inscription on recto "Lane." Graphite inscription on verso "*MOMA 94.608" "Gen. Lane" "94.608." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony 501 Broadway New York from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

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