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Brady, Mathew B. Ulysses S. Grant Carte de visite

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07808.020 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B. Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Photograph Date: [ca. 1863-1866] Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 10.0 x 6.3 cm. Order a Copy

White mount with faded purple border. Brady imprint on both recto and verso. Verso also contains pencil inscription "1069" (or "1869[?]"), and ink inscription "General Grant," with "General" written in German script. Three quarter length standing portrait in uniform.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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