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Freeman H. Morse - Cansul General to London, 1862-6 – Vintage Print

Freeman H. Morse - Cansul General to London, 1862-6, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Freeman H. Morse - Cansul General to London, 1862-6, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Freeman H. Morse - Cansul General to London, 1862-6, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Freeman H. Morse - Cansul General to London, 1862-6

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Freeman H. Morse, the man pictured here, served as United States consul general in London, a post that put him at the center of Anglo-American relations during the Civil War. The caption card gives 1862 to 1866 as his term, though the record notes that these dates are unverified and no date is recorded for the photograph itself. London in those years was a hub of diplomatic pressure, as Union officials worked to keep Britain from aiding the Confederacy, including over warships built in British shipyards. A portrait of a consul from this period offers a useful view of the people who carried out that delicate work.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,213 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-106249

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