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![]() | Reverend John Barent Johnson 1835 New York Historical Society New York, NY | ![]() The subject was born in Brooklyn, the son of Barent Johnson, a prosperous farmer of Dutch descent, and of Maria (Guest) Johnson. In 1796 Johnson was ordained in the Reformed Dutch Church, in which year he accepted a position as pastor at the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Albany. He was invited to preach the funeral oration in honor of George... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Sarah Lyman Mead (Mrs. Elijah Mead) 1835 Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati, OH | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | The Reverend William Lupton Johnson 1834 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
Varina Howell Davis 1849 Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | ![]() Varina Howell was a young woman of lively intellect and polished social graces who married Jefferson Davis when she was at the age of eighteen. As the wife of the president of the Confederacy, she lived in Richmond during the Civil War and admirably fulfilled her three primary roles as an affectionate spouse to a proud and sensitive husband, an... | Unrated | Anonymous |
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