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Future president Benjamin Harrison of Indianapolis,Indiana,writes to Albert G. Porter requesting a commission for his brother, Carter B. Harrison (later mayor of Chicago). Abraham Lincoln's endorsement of Harrison appears on the reverse side of this…

Reverend Benjamin Lewis Hobson, D.D., Professor of Apologetics and Missions, sits for a portrait.

Benjamin Lundy, a Quaker born in Hardwick Township, poses for a portrait. Lundy, an abolitionist, established many anti-slavery newspapers.