Portraits of the members of the United States Grand Jury, July Term 1878, including an African American named David W. Ruggles

Title: Portraits of the members of the United States Grand Jury, July Term 1878, including an African American named David W. Ruggles
Alternative title: David W. Ruggles, only black member of U.S. Grand Jury
Date Created: 1878
Date: 1878
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description: Twenty two portraits of the members of the United States Grand Jury, July Term 1878 (top to bottom, left to right:): N. G. Kittle, James Carolan, G. L. Taylor, S. C. Bigelow, John Spaulding, Henry Payot, W. F. Swasey (Secretary), Charles L. Dingley, Henry L. Davis, Thomas L. Taylor, Sol. Wangenheim, D. S. Bachman, Wallace Everson, George P. Bragg, George B. Knowles, Nathaniel Gray, Thomas Houseworth, Abram D. Clark, Robert K. Patridge, Joseph Elfelt, and David W. Ruggles.
The David W. Ruggles in this portrait is not the same person as New York abolitionist. That David Ruggles died in 1849.