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Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Salmon P. Chase

Salmon P. Chase

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
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Mathew Brady Studio
Thaddeus Hyatt

Thaddeus Hyatt

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
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Mathew Brady Studio
Thaddeus Hyatt

Thaddeus Hyatt

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
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Mathew Brady Studio
Salmon P. Chase

Salmon P. Chase

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
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Mathew Brady Studio
Salmon P. Chase

Salmon P. Chase

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Salmon P. Chase

Salmon P. Chase

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
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Mathew Brady Studio
Thaddeus Hyatt

Thaddeus Hyatt

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
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Mathew Brady Studio
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Photograph
c. 1863
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Unidentified Artist
Lucretia Coffin Mott

Lucretia Coffin Mott

Photograph
c. 1860 (printed later)
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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Photograph
c. 1862
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Charles DeForest Fredricks
Grand Reception at the White House, January, 1862

Grand Reception at the White House, January, 1862

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1862
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Unidentified Artist
John Brown

John Brown

Print
c. 1861-1862
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Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley

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c. 1872
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Louis Prang Lithography Company
John Brown

John Brown

Print
c. 1859
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Currier & Ives Lithography Company

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