Re: Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Major General, USA
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In reply to:
Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Major General, USA
Michael Robert Patterson 8/28/02
Here are the notes that are with the orginal photo in the Library of Congress:
[Children of Lt. Montgomery C. Meigs, in donkey cart with dog, probably Mary Montgomery, Charles, Montgomery, and John Rodgers].
CREATED/PUBLISHED
[between 1850 and 1851]
NOTES
Photographer unidentified.
Hallmark: Rinhart 46c.
Case: variant of Rinhart 131.
Illegible inscription scratched on back of plate.
Accompanying note in case: The children of Lt. M.C. Meigs, Eng. Corp U.S.A. taken in Detroit, Mich. This donkey was bought from two French trappers and missionaries to the Indians who came down from the primeval forests of the N.W.
Accompanying note in case: L to R: Mary Montgomery Meigs (Mrs. Taylor, Charles Meigs, Vincent Meigs, John Rodgers Meigs.