John Laurens' Doppelgangers

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I was doing some research about Washington's aides-de-camp during the American Revolutionary War when I stumbled across this portrait of Samuel B. Webb by Charles Wilson Peale:

 Webb by Charles Wilson Peale:

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Remind you of anyone?

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These portraits look so similar! Pair these with those portraits of Hamilton (also by Peale) and I think we've found Laurens' doppelgangers!

These portraits look so similar! Pair these with those portraits of Hamilton (also by Peale) and I think we've found Laurens' doppelgangers!

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