WEBSTER, CLAY, CALHOUN & JACKSON, How they sat for their daguerreotypes An article in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, bound volume XXXVIII, Dec. 1868-May, 1869, pp.787-789, the latter two pages slightly stained by a no longer present flower pressing, not obscuring any of the text. 'When these great men were in the very acme of their fame the daguerreotype came into vogue, and it was deemed a desirable thing to preserve their faces for posterity', etc….
WEBSTER, CLAY, CALHOUN & JACKSON, How they sat for their daguerreotypes An article in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, bound volume XXXVIII, Dec. 1868-May, 1869, pp.787-789, the latter two pages slightly stained by a no longer present flower pressing, not obscuring any of the text. 'When these great men were in the very acme of their fame the daguerreotype came into vogue, and it was deemed a desirable thing to preserve their faces for posterity', etc….
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