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Summary
President of Texas, 1836-1838, 1841-1844; Democratic Senator from Texas, 1846-1859.
Scratched on back of plate: 233; Sam Houston, Texas.
Hallmark: Rinhart 46.
Identification from lithograph by Konrad in Huber, History of Texas, 1856, v. 2, frontis.
Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution press, 1978, p. 327.
Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153).
Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
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Date
01/01/1848
Contributors
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896.
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication.
