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Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Portrait

1820 Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861)

A portrait of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (class of 1820, non-graduate), a student from Kentucky who was a strong advocate for African colonization.

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"Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, ‘1820, NG," Princeton University Alumni Records, Box 78, Princeton University Archives, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

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Princeton University Archives

Format JPEG Item Type Still image Physical Dimensions 4" x 6"
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