Bishop (Matthew) Simpson. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.
Summary
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve.
Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion, covered by masking: Bishop M. Simpson.
1811-1884; (Pres. Lincoln regarded him as the greatest orator he ever heard. Officiated at Lincoln funeral at Springfield). E176 A656.
Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954.
General information about the Brady-Handy photograph collection is available at loc.gov
Forms part of: Brady-Handy photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Tags
Date
1855 - 1865
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "Brady-Handy photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/389_bhan.html