Tinted daguerreotype depicting the children of lieutenant montgomery c. Meigs, taken in detroit, michigan, usa, sometime in 1853. The meigs family purchased the donkey from two french trapper/missionaries. Left to right: mary montgomery meigs (born august 22, 1843), charles delucena meigs (born january 5, 1845; died september 3, 1853), vincent trowbridge meigs (born september 12, 1851; died october 28, 1853), and john rodgers meigs (born february 9, 1852). Date: between 1850 and 1851.
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