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Painting

John Martin Henni

Date: 1860
Description: Waist-up portrait of John Martin Henni.
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James Buchanan

Date: 1860
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States, 1857-1861. Buchanan was born in Cove Gap near Mercersburg, Pennsylva...
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Democratic Ticket

Date: 1860
Description: 1860 Presidential Democratic ticket headed by John C. Breckenridge (it should be spelled Breckinridge), and the vice-president, Joseph Lane, that was distr...
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Gleeful and Horrified Southerner

Date: 1860
Description: Side by side portraits of the same man. Portrait on the left side is gleeful and smiling after hearing about the "terror stricken North." Caption below rea...
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Sons of Erin

Date: 1860
Description: Portrait of Michael Corcoran. Caption below reads, "SONS OF ERIN!-Let the watchword be CORCORAN! RESCUED IF LIVING, AVENGED IF DEAD!" Black ink on beige en...
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The Union, It Must and Shall Be Preserved

Date: 1860
Description: A portrait of Abraham Lincoln above two crossed Union flags. The caption below reads, "The UNION, it must and shall be preserved." The portrait of Lincoln ...
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General McClellan and His Staff

Date: 1860
Description: From left to right, head and shoulder portraits of Major Clarke, General George McClellan, Major Van Vliet, and General Barry. Each man has his name below....
Map or Atlas

Map of Dodge County, Wisconsin : From Government and Recent Surveys

Date: 1860
Description: This map of Dodge County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, railroads, roads, property owners and acreage...
Photograph

Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears

Date: 1860
Description: A photographic copy of an early, full-length studio portrait of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1907) standing in front of a painted backdrop with column ...

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