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C. W. Russell (Charles W. Russell, Charles Wells Russell, Hon. Charles Wells Russell) (1856-1927) was an American lawyer, author and poet. He was a son of Charles Wells Russell (1818-1867) and Margaret Wilson (Moore) Russell. His father was a prominent Confederate States of America politician during the American Civil War. He graduated from Georgetown University with a Master of Laws in 1884. Charles married Lucy Floyd Mosby in 1879. After her death he married her sister Lelia James Mosby in 1885. They had three children, John W. Russell, Margaret Moore Russell (Mosby) and Lucy Virginia Russell. Lucy married Alfred James Ogster in 1917. He was the British Consul in Galveston, Texas. C. W. Russell entered the Department of Justice, Washington in 1886. He was a U.S. Assistant Attorney General and U.S. Minister to Persia (1909-14). He successfully argued many French spoliation cases, the Maine explosion case and was involved with many Panama Canal issues. Charles W. Russell wrote a play "Cuba Libre" and four collections of poems, including "The Secret Place and Other Poems" (1911) and "Iranian Rest and Other Lyrics" (1912). He also edited the "Memoirs of Colonel John Singleton Mosby" (his brother-in-law) in 1917. In the news:  It could be this photograph was in the news in August and September of 1919 as details of the Versailles Treaty were being hammered out in an attempt to have it ratified by Congress. President Wilson was fundamentally opposed to any changes that would send the treaty back to Paris. Among many other issues, there were protests from Hungary, Albania, and Persia. C. W. Russell, former American Minister to Persia spoke before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee saying that the Anglo-Persian Treaty robbed Persia of much of her sovereignty. Senator Philander C. Knox, former Secretary of State pushed for the right of self determination of Persia. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] There is an additional photograph of Charles W. Russell in the C.M. Bell Studio Collection at The Library of Congress.

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Thanks Pixel Wrangler, we'll update our catalog record.

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"John G. Milburn (December 14, 1851 – August 11, 1930) was a prominent lawyer in Buffalo, New York and New York City, a president of the New York City Bar Association, and a partner at the law firm Carter Ledyard & Milburn." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Milburn "Lewis Cass Ledyard (April 4, 1851 – January 27, 1932) was a New York City lawyer, a name partner at the firm Carter Ledyard & Milburn, personal counsel to J.P. Morgan, and a president of the New York City Bar Association." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Cass_Ledyard

In 1916, L. C. Ledyard was charged as former director of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad with criminal violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, see The Day book., January 10, 1916, LAST EDITION, Image 27: SIX NEW HAVEN MEN FREED - FIVE DISAGREED ON

Thank you so much for your research B-59. We'll fill in the names and add birth and death dates for these two attorneys. Because we can't pin down the date that the photo was taken, I'm not sure if we'll know if it was taken after Ledyard was charged.

It would not be unusual if there were grand jury proceedings prior to charges being brought. It's possible these pictures were taken in the hallway of a courthouse.