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[ illustration depicting a battle, men can be seen across the landscape in various positions with some men on horseback]

[handwritten below image]
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Battle of Gaines' Mill
June 27 1862 Valley of the Chicahominy [illegible]
From original depiction[?] by Poince de Louisville

[handrwitten names correspondending to number on image, set to the bottom right of image]
1. Gen. F. J. Porter
2. Count de Paris A.D.C.
3. Col Rasowitz [?] '' ''
4. Maj [illegible] '' ''
[to the side of margins] 5. Duc de Chartes A.D.C.
6. Gen. Morrell [illegible]
7. Sept [illegible]
8. Poince de Louisville

[image of a black and white depiction of Richmond, VA. Center of the image is a large white building with Greek columns and a grand staircase. Large buidings and city scape can be seen in the background ]
[to the right] Photograph by Charles Martin

THE CAPITAL, AND ITS ENVIRONS, AT RICHMOND

When Thomas Jefferson was Mister for Frnace, he wrote from Nimes to a French friend: "Here I am gazing whole hours at the Maison Quaree
[Caree], like a lover at his mistress." Later he had oppurtunity to draw the plans and "crown Richmond's Capital Hill with a reproduction of the
ancient Roman temple on Gallic soil." The two smaller wings are moden additions.

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