Charles Francis Adams II [photograph], 1857.

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Charles Francis Adams II [photograph], 1857.

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Hand-colored ninth-plate ambrotype under brass mat of Charles Francis Adams II, taken Sept. 20, 1857 by James & Co. of Boston, Mass. The date of the photograph is inscribed in an unknown hand on the preserver.

1 photograph : ambrotype, b&w, hand-colored ; visible oval image (damaged) 4 x 4 cm (ninth-plate), under mat 6 x 5 cm.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915

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Soldier, businessman, civic leader and historian. Descendant of two presidents and the son of a noted diplomat, Adams served with distinction as a Union officer during the Civil War. After the war, he became a nationally recognized authority on the railroad industry, chairing the Massachusetts Railroad Commission from 1869 to 1879, and ultimately taking on the presidency of the Union Pacifc Railroad for six stormy years, 1884-1890. From 1890 to 1915, Adams was content to be a man of a...

James & Co. (Boston, Mass.),

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