Photograph Album of Connecticut Legislators, 1861
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateprobably 1861
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper in photograph album.
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 1 1/4 x 1in. (3.2 x 2.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 4 3/4in. (10.2 x 12.1cm)
Other (album height x width x depth): 4 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 1/2in. (10.8 x 13.3 x 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Miss Annie E. Trumbull
Object number1946.10.0.1-.60
DescriptionFormal portraits of Connecticut State Legislators who served during the first year of the American Civil War (1861). Each photograph includes the legislator's autograph. Subjects include Governor William Buckingham, Lieutenant Governor Benjamin Douglas, Secretary J. Hammond Trumbull, Treasurer Ezra Dean, Comptroller Leman W. Cutler, and Speaker of the House of Representitives Augustus Brandegee. Other photographs of legislators include John T. Adams (Norwich), Charles Barnes (New London), Jarvis Boise (Chester), Edwin H. Bugbee (Killingly), David S. Burr (Westport), Harvey Campbell (Voluntown), Elisha Carpenter (Killingly), Josiah M. Carter (Norwalk), Thomas Clark (North Stonington), Amos E. Cobb (Norwich), Samuel S. Cowles (Farmington), A. C. Crosby (Vernon), Henry C. Deming (Hartford), Joseph William Dudley (Madison), James Gallagher (New Haven), Elihu Geer (Lyme), George B. Hillard (Clinton), Silas R. Holmes (East Haddam), John E. Law (Cheshire), William H. Lewis (Glastonbury), Rufus S. Mathewson (Woodstock), Andrew B. Mygatt (New Milford), Benjamin K. Northrop (Ridgefield), Chales Osgood (Pomfret), William T. Peters (Hebron), Gilbert W. Philips (Putnam), O.H. Platt (Meriden), Isaac Reynolds (New Milford), John H. Simmons (Ashford), Samuel Scott (Ridgefield), Nathaniel B. Smith (Woodbury), Carnot O. Spencer (Essex), John H. Welch (Norfolk), Samuel B. Wheeler (North Stonington), George White (Manchester), Oliver Woodworth (Waterford), William B. Wooster (Derby), Cyrus Nothrop (South Norwalk), Peter L. Cunningham (Norwalk), Sylvester G. Gilbert, Abner L. Train, E. S. Williams, Emory Johnson.
NotesSubject Notes: 1946.10.0.1 is a formal photograph of William Buckingham of Norwich, Connecticut, Buckingham was elected Governor of Connecticut in 1858 and served seven terms. Known as "Connecticut's Lincoln", Buckingham was governor when Fort Sumter was fired on. Although the General Assembly was not in session at the time of the attack, Buckingham immediately responded on his own authority to Lincoln's call for volunteers and issued a proclamation to the residents of Connecticut.“By our delay the safety of our armies, even of the nation, may be imperilled. . . Close your manufàctories and workshops, turn aside from your farms and your business, leave for a while your families and homes, meet face to face the enemy of your liberties.” (Governor William Buckingham, Governor State of Connecticut, Proclamation, 1862.)
1946.10.0.21 is a formal portrait of Henry C. Deming of Hartford, Connecticut. Deming served in the legislator from 1859 to 1861 and then as Mayor of Hartford from 1854 to 1858 and 1860-1862. Deming enlisted in the United States Army in September 1861 and served as a colonel of the Twelfth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. He served as mayor of New Orleans under martial law from October 1862 to February 1863, when he resigned from the Army.
Status
Not on view
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