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Homes of American statesmen : with anecdotical, personal, and descriptive sketches /

"Notable for being the first American book illustrated with an original photograph, which is a salt print of the Hancock House in Boston tipped in as a frontispiece. Pencil inscription under photograph stating 'Hancock House Boston, An Original Sun Picture.'"--AbeBooks, via WWW,...

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Contributors: Doepler, Carl Emil, 1824-1905, (Illustrator), Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891, (Photographer), Trow, John Fowler, 1810-1886, (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : London : G.P. Putnam and Co. ; S. Low, Son and Co., MDCCCLIV [1854]
Series:Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Photography: The World through the Lens.
Subjects and Genres:
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
Statesmen > Homes and haunts > United States.
Historic buildings > United States.
Hommes d'État > États-Unis > Biographies.
Hommes d'État > Résidences et lieux familiers > États-Unis.
Historic buildings.
Statesmen.
United States > Biography.
États-Unis > Biographies.
United States.
Photographically illustrated books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Photographs > New York > 1854.
Salted paper prints > New York > 1854.
Gift books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Washington, by Mrs. C.M. Kirkland.
  • Franklin, by C.F. Briggs.
  • Jefferson, by P. Godwin.
  • Hancock, by R. Hildreth.
  • John Adams, by C. Cook.
  • Patrick Henry, by E.W. Johnston.
  • Madison, by E.W. Johnston.
  • Jay, by W.S. Thayer.
  • Hamilton, by J.C. Carter.
  • Marshall, by R.W. Griswold.
  • Ames, by J.B. Thayer.
  • John Quincy Adams, by D.L. Child.
  • Jackson, by P. Godwin.
  • Rufus King, by C. King.
  • Clay, by H. Greeley.
  • Calhoun, by P. Godwin.
  • Clinton, by T.R. Beck.
  • Story, by F. Howland
  • Wheaton.

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