ca. 1861-1870
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Abstract
Album of cartes de visite, primarily of Civil War military and political figures.
Biographical Sketch
Albert Gallatin Browne, Jr. was born in Salem, Mass., on 14 February 1835, the first child of Albert G. and Sarah Smith (Cox) Browne. He was the youngest member of Harvard College's Class of 1853 and attended Dane Law School; in 1855, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg. Like his father, Albert was an abolitionist, and after returning from abroad, he joined the law office of John Albion Andrew. He left Boston for a time to cover the Mormon Wars in Utah as a journalist, but returned to Boston and became Governor John A. Andrew's military secretary and liaison with the federal government during the Civil War. After the war, he had a career as a journalist and banker. Browne died in Boston in 1891.
Collection Description
Album containing 85 cartes de visite of notable Civil War-era figures, probably compiled by Albert Gallatin Browne, Jr. The majority of the photographs are of Union and Confederate Army officers. Although some of the images are unidentified, the album includes such notable figures as William Tecumseh Sherman, Abraham Lincoln, members of the Beecher family including Henry Ward Beecher and Lyman Beecher, Wendell Phillips, and Charles Dickens. Identified Massachusetts photographers include J. W. Black, J. A. Whipple, and Williams & Everett. Unless noted, photographers are unknown.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Warburton K. VerPlanck, May 1987.
Arrangement
Photographs are listed in the order in which they appear in the album.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865).
Photographed by J. W. Winder & Co., Cincinnati. Copyright by Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin.Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) and son Tad [Thomas] Lincoln (1853-1871).
Copyright by William H. Mumler, Boston.Beecher, Lyman (1807-1882).
Taken by Augustus Morand, Brooklyn, N.Y.Beecher, Henry Ward (1807-1873).
Taken by Augustus Morand, Brooklyn, N.Y.Andrew, John Albion (1818-1867).
Taken by Allen & Rowell, Boston.Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884).
Taken by Charles D. Fredricks & Co., New York.Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891).
Sherman, William Tecumseh.
Sherman, William Tecumseh.
Sherman, William Tecumseh on horseback.
Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831-1888).
Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson (1836-1881).
Slocum, Henry Warner (1827-1894).
Williams, Alpheus S. (1810-1878).
Logan, John A. (1826-1886).
McPherson, James B. (1828-1864).
Geary, John W. (1819-1873).
Davis, Jefferson C. (1828-1879).
Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson (1836-1881).
Gillmore, Quincy Adams (1804-1885).
Taken by S. A. Cooley, Beaufort, S.C.Gillmore, Quincy Adams (1804-1885).
Published by E. A. Anthony, New York.Mitchel, Ormsby (1810-1862).
Shaw, James, Jr.
Taken by Dunshee, Providence, R.I.Vogdes, Israel (1816-1889).
Taken by Haas & Peale, Hilton Head, S.C.Unidentified Union officer.
Taken by J. W. Black, Boston.Dahlgren, John A. (1809-1870).
Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, New York.Dahlgren, Ulric (1842-1864).
Taken by Henry Ulke, Washington, D.C.Shaw, Robert Gould (1837-1863).
Taken by J. A. Whipple, Boston.Unidentified Union officer.
Published by Williams & Everett, Boston.Dwight, [Wilder (1833-1862)].
Lyon, Nathaniel (d. 1861).
Ellsworth, Elmer E. (1837-1861).
Published by Williams & Everett, Boston.Unidentified Union officer.
Unidentified Union officer.
Unidentified Union officer [same sitter as 286.46].
Unidentified Union officer.
Unidentified Union officer.
Unidentified Union officer.
Unidentified Union officer.
Published by Williams & Everett, Boston.Mayer, Edelmiro (1834-1897).
Unidentified man.
Brown, John (1800-1859).
Published by Williams & Everett, Boston.Owen, Robert Dale (1801-1877).
Unidentified woman.
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870).
Unidentified man [same sitter as 286.35].
Clymer, Ella Maria Dietz (1847-1920).
Taken by Gurney.Unidentified artwork, nymph with butterfly.
Unidentified couple.
Unidentified woman.
Scoville, Harriet Beecher (1838-1911) and child, Feb. 1863.
Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887).
Scoville, Harriet Beecher.
Taken by Claflin, Worcester, Mass.Beecher, Henry Ward.
Unidentified woman and boy, probably members of the Beecher family.
Taken by Wilson Brothers, Hartford, Conn.Beecher, James Chaplin (1828-1886).
Taken by Wilson Brothers, Hartford, Conn.Sherman, William Tecumseh.
Unidentified Union officer.
Corse, John M. (1835-1893).
Everett, Edward (1794-1865).
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885).
Taken by Wenderoth & Taylor, Philadelphia.Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875).
Andrew, John Albion (1818-1867).
Blank pages.
Pryor, Roger A. (1828-1919).
Hampton, Wade (1818-1902).
Lovell, Mansfield (1822-1884).
Price, Sterling (1809-1867).
Buckner, Simon Bolivar (1823-1914).
Smith, Edmund Kirby (1824-1893).
Hill, Ambrose Powell (1825-1865).
Longstreet, James (1821-1904).
Morgan, John Hunt (1825-1864).
Semmes, Raphael (1809-1877).
Hardee, William J. (1815-1873).
Hood, John Bell (1831-1879).
Johnston, Joseph E. (1807-1891).
Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870).
Jackson, Stonewall (1824-1863).
Polk, Leonidas (1806-1864).
Ewell, Richard Stoddert (1817-1872).
Johnson, Albert Sidney (1803-1862).
Beauregard, P. G. T. (1818-1893).
Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870).
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton (1812-1883).
Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889).
Preferred Citation
Albert Gallatin Browne, Jr. carte de visite album, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
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