Title

Charles Devens of Massachusetts. 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Charles Devens of Massachusetts. 1865 and 1880. Hon. Charles Devens of Mass. Atty Gen. Hayes Cabinet, between 1865 and 1880. [General in the Union Army, lawyer, jurist, statesman. While United States Marshal for Massachusetts in 1851, he was called upon to remand the fugitive slave, Thomas Sims, to slavery, and did so much against his personal desire. He subsequently attempted in vain to purchase Sims's freedom, and later appointed him to a position in the US Department of Justice in Washington].

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A51_463

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Keywords

people male library job man men country guy occupation beard photography military war location century profession officer general soldiers soldier bearded concept B&W facial hair slavery Library of Congress United States of America 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century Attorney General American America USA abolition anti-slavery attorney-general stereoscopic photography Charles photograph portrait united states Unknown Handy Mathew Brady Brady Stereoscopy Congressional Library Stereograph stereocard Heritage Art Mathew B Mathew B Brady Mathew B. Brady stereographic card stereoscopics 19th-century Charles Devens Devens Major General Charles Devens still image Brady-Handy Collection Mathew Mathew Benjamin Brady Levin Handy Levin Corbin Handy Levin C Handy Levin Corbin Levin C Levin C. Handy Levin C. Levin Portrait photographs 1860-1880. gmgpc Glass negatives 1860-1880. gmgpc Charles Devens Jr.