A souvenir of the meeting of the Civil War Round Table of New York, [at] the New York Historical Society, November 1, 1953 : the Frederick Hill Meserve historical collection, 1953.

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A souvenir of the meeting of the Civil War Round Table of New York, [at] the New York Historical Society, November 1, 1953 : the Frederick Hill Meserve historical collection, 1953.

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Keepsake in the form of two leaves on card stock, with paper wrappers. Mounted on the card stock are three photographs: one of Frederick Hill Meserve (signed by him), one of Pres. Abraham Lincoln, and one of Mary Todd Lincoln. The Lincoln photos are "contact prints from the original glass negatives by Mathew B. Brady in the Meserve Collection."

1 item (2 leaves) ; 22 cm.

Cornell University Library

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