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Summary
Democratic Senator from Missouri, 1821-1851.
Scratched on back of plate: 171; Thos. H. Benton.
Hallmark: 40.
Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, p. 299.
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
01/01/1845
Contributors
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896.
Source
Library of Congress
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