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Edward H. Kidder sits for a portrait holding his hat. On verso: "Edward H. Kidder, Wilmington, North Carolina, July 5, 1861. Do not know who he was."

Abraham Lincoln writes a note regarding Theodore C. Dorsey's candidacy at West Point. Lincoln refers the request of Isabella Dorsey to appoint her sixteen year old brother as a cadet at West Point "when he shall be old enough."