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Burnham, T. R. Ulysses S. Grant Carte de visite

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07808.029 Author/Creator: Burnham, T. R. Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Photograph Date: 5 June 1868 Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 10.0 x 6.2 cm. Order a Copy

White mount with gold border and imprint on recto: "Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, U.S.A. Photographed by T.R. Burnham, 351Washington St., Boston, in Washington, D.C., June 5th, 1868. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1868, by T.R. Burnham, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts." Verso contains pencil inscriptions: "3069," "1275," "1750," and "1868." Half length seated portrait in uniform.

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

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