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1864 CDV Photo William Hutchings One of the Oldest Surviving Rev War Veterans

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1864 CDV Photo William Hutchings One of the Oldest Surviving Rev War Veterans
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Carte de Visite Photograph of William Hutchings One of the Oldest Surviving Revolutionary War Veterans
1864-Dated, Civil War Period Carte de Visite Photograph of William Hutchings, One of the Oldest Surviving Revolutionary War Veterans at “Aged 100,” Very Fine.
Original 1864 Carte de Visite Photograph of, William Hutchings, 2.5” x 4”. Caption below photo reads, "William Hutchings, Aged 100, ONE OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE REVOLUTION. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by N.A. & R.A. Moore, of Hartford, in the clerk's office of the district court of Connecticut." Photo shows Hutchings seated and holding his cane. Backstamp reads, "N.A. & R.A. Moore / Photographers Corner East of the Allyn House". Also text at bottom reads, “Additional Copies from the plate from which this picture is taken can be had if desired. Minor soiling not affecting image, small outer piece of the upper right corner of photo missing, not near the iomage. The last example we offered was sold in our EAHA Auction of February 9, 2008, Lot 213, which sold for $675. One of a series of six done in conjunction with Hilliard's volume "Last Men of the Revolution," and issued as separate cards. After the Revolutionary War he married, settled in Penobscot Bay, and fathered 15 children. He died in 1866 at the age of 102.
William Hutchings was born in York, York County, Maine (then Massachusetts), in 1764. His connectiion with the Revolutionary War was limited. He enlisted at the age of 15 for the coast defense of his own state; and this was the only service in which he was engaged during the war. The only fightnig which he saw was at the siege of Castine, where he was taken prisoner. But the British, declaring it a shame to hold as prisoner one so young, promptly released him. After the war he married, settled in Penobscot Bay, and fathered 15 children; he died in 1866 at the age of 102.