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- Portrait of Edward Bates, 1861-1864 - Edward Bates, Attorney-General of the United States under Abraham Lincoln, posed for this carte-de-visite in New York City. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected portrait cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.
- 1861-1864
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Edward Bates, 1861-1864
Edward Bates, Attorney-General of the United States under Abraham Lincoln, posed for this carte-de-visite in New York City. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected portrait cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.
- Letter from John Adams Endorsing Richard Rush for Attorney-General of the United States, 1814 -
- April 06, 1814
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from John Adams Endorsing Richard Rush for Attorney-General of the United States, 1814