Letter : Bellefonte, Pa., to John Sartain, Philadelphia, 1887 Jan. 15.

Sartain, John, 1808-1897

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Engraver, portrait and miniature painter John Sartain was born in London in 1808 and moved to the United States in 1830 after a seven year apprenticeship to London engraver John Swaine. Besides his banknote and portrait engraving, Sartain was noted for his magazine engravings. In 1849 he began his own magazine, entitled Sartain's Union Magazine of Letters and Art, but ceased its publication three years later due to financial troubles. Sartain was also the director of the Pennsylvania Academy of ...

Beaver, James A. (James Addams), 1837-1914

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Colonel, 148th Pennsylvania regiment, Civil War; brevet brigadier general of volunteers, 1864; governor of Pennsylvania, 1887-1891; judge of Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1895-1914. From the description of Letter : Bellefonte, Penn[sylvani]a, to Mrs. John A. Logan, Washington, D.C., 1893 April 21. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27045475 Lawyer, thrice wounded Colonel of the 148th Pennsylvania; Governor of Pennsylvania; Judge in the Superior Court o...

Peter Frederick Rothermel

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