English: John Merryman, Maryland state treasurer, and the petitioner in the case "Ex parte Merryman", one of the best known habeas corpus cases of the American Civil War
Oil on canvas attributed to Meredith Janvier, c. 1910-1920.
Maryland Commission on Artistic Property.
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