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Major General Zachary Taylor 1847 Frame Style:Ebony Frame The Celestial Machinery a VictorianMajor General Zachary Taylor 1847 catches Old Rough and Ready at the height of his Mexican War celebrity, the year of Buena Vista, when a stout general in a battered straw hat became the unlikely vessel for Whig ambition and the country's swelling appetite for conquered territory. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and