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Henry Cotton Shumway was a portrait painter and photographer who spent much of his career in New York City. He was also a member of the Seventh Regiment of New York, where he served as a captain for 28 years. He served with the regiment in the Civil War.

Shumway was likely part of a committee the Seventh Regiment sent to Washington DC in 1858. This committee was looking to secure additional arms for the regiment and was successful in this task thanks to William Henry Seward's assistance. According to a letter published in The Washington Union in October 1858, this committee consisted of Lieutenant Colonel Marshall Lefferts, Captain Henry C. Shumway, Major Benjamin M. Nevers, Captain James Monroe, and Reverend Doctor Sullivan H. Weston.

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Henry Cotton Shumway was a portrait painter and photographer who spent much of his career in New York City. He was also a member of the Seventh Regiment of New York, where he served as a captain for 28 years. He served with the regiment in the Civil War.

Shumway was likely part of a committee the Seventh Regiment sent to Washington DC in 1858. This committee was looking to secure additional arms for the regiment and was successful in this task thanks to William Henry Seward's assistance. According to a letter published in The Washington Union in October 1858, this committee consisted of Lieutenant Colonel Marshall Lefferts, Captain Henry C. Shumway, Major Benjamin M. Nevers, Captain James Monroe, and Reverend Doctor Sullivan H. Weston.

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Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol IX
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown
Publisher Location: 
Boston
Publisher Name: 
The Biographical Society
Year: 
1904
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Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol IX
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown
Publisher Location: 
Boston
Publisher Name: 
The Biographical Society
Year: 
1904
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=_e0UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA4&dq=Biographies+of+Notable+Americans,+1904&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQ-9jopt75AhUQF2IAHQ2CCtYQ6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&q=shumway&f=false https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120379410/henry-colton-shumway
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Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol IX
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown
Publisher Location: 
Boston
Publisher Name: 
The Biographical Society
Year: 
1904
Citation Notes: 
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120379410/henry-colton-shumway