Lafayette Curry Baker, detail

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Library of Congress
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, February 22, 2016.
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photograph
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Yes
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Public
Original caption
LaFayette Curry Baker, 1826-1868, Brig. Gen. and Chief, National Police, head and shoulders, facing left
Source citation
Miscellaneous Items in High Demand Collection, Library of Congress

Lafayette Curry Baker

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Library of Congress
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, February 22, 2016.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
Yes
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
LaFayette Curry Baker, 1826-1868, Brig. Gen. and Chief, National Police, head and shoulders, facing left
Source citation
Miscellaneous Items in High Demand Collection, Library of Congress

President Johnson dismisses his critic, Jane Grey Swisshelm, from her War Department job

Jane Swisshelm, the veteran abolitionist and women's rights journalist and editor, had been engaged as a government clerk by Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War, who was an admirer of her work as a wartime nurse. This did not curtail her journalism, however, and she had opened a new journal, The Reconstructionist.  Her written criticism of President Johnson proved too much and Johnson had her dismissed from her government clerkship on this day.  (By John Osborne) 
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Jane Swisshelm, detail

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Smithsonian Institution
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Sized, cropped, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, February 24, 2016.
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photograph
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No
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Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm, 1815 - 1884
Source citation
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Jane Swisshelm

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Smithsonian Institution
Notes
Sized, cropped, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, February 24, 2016.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Smithsonian Institute
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm, 1815 - 1884
Source citation
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

In New York, an accident with a loaded experimental rifle slightly wounds General U.S. Grant

General U.S. Grant, visiting New York, was examining a prototype of a new rifle design in the Metropolitan Hotel when the weapon discharged and slightly injured his hand.  Grant's four children were present, along with his aides, but no-one else was hurt in the incident.  His wound was dressed on the spot and did not interrupt his scheduled arrangements for the rest of the day.  (By John Osborne) 
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