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circa 1860s
Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863)
[Coat button from General Semmes's uniform]
Brass coat button with eagle emblem. Complete with shank. Stamped on back, "Horstmann & Allien NY."
GLC00572.38
1860 circa
Unknown
[Three Virginia state uniform buttons]
Three Virginia state brass uniform buttons. [Manufactured by Waterbury Button Co. in Cheshire, CT]. Buttons bear the seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia, probably belonging to Edward R. Archer while in the service of the Confederate States [Virginia...
GLC01896.202
circa 1832-1844
[Hard Times tokens].
Tokens satirizing President Andrew Jackson. Issued after Jackson opposed re-chartering of the Bank of the United States, resulting in a depression.
GLC01994.03
1860
[Campaign election token of 1860]
Stamped with profile of Abraham Lincoln with an inscription on edge, "Abm: Lincoln, Rep. Candidate for President." Also includes inscriptions on reverse, "Protection to American Industry," and slogan, "Free homes for free men." With hole punched at...
GLC03702
circa 1844-1848
Ames Manufacturing Company
Sword of William E. Jones
Non-commissioned officer's sword, model 1840. Used at West Point and owned by William E. Jones. Inscribed "Ames &Mfg. Co., Chicopee, Mass." The Ames Manufacturing Company was founded in 1835 in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The company manufactured small...
GLC02711.09
circa 1852
Maury, William Lewis (1813-1878)
[Naval uniform worn during Perry expedition to Japan].
One navy blue dress uniform jacket with brass buttons and old braid. Possibly blue cotton.
GLC04720.01
[Republican campaign token for 1860 election]
With photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, on opposing sides. Gold border. Punched with hole at top.
GLC04102.02
With photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, on opposing sides. Stamped with their names and the year. Gold border. Punched with hole at top.
GLC04102.03
GLC04102.04
[Bell/Everett campaign token for 1860 election]
With photographs of Edward Everett and John Bell, on opposing sides. Stamped with their names and the year. Gold border. Punched with hole at top. Bell and Everett ran on the Constitutional Union ticket.
GLC04102.05
[Democratic campaign token for 1860 election]
With photographs of Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel V. Johnson, on opposing sides. Stamped with their names and the year. Gold border. Punched with hole at top. Douglas and Johnson ran on the Northern Democratic ticket.
GLC04102.06
no date
[metallic token with lithograph of Lincoln]
Metallic token painted black with gold designs and gold back. Center of token has colored lithograph of Lincoln under glass
GLC05136.53
1856
Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890)
Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Press. Fremont. [Fremont & Dayton election ribbon]
White printed ribbon depciting Fremont as the explorer, mounted on a horse and pointing? to the left.
GLC05510
[State flag printed "Arkansas"]
Cotton Arkansas state flag with red and white stripes and a blue field with stars; "ARKANSAS." painted in black at center. Accompanied by a much later note reading: "[From the] Wigwam Convention 1860 - Chicago. State flag for Abraham Lincoln."
GLC05523
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[Lincoln and Hamlin presidential election campaign banner, with eagle].
Printed cotton campaign banner showing an eagle with a long ribbon in his beak reading "Lincoln and Hamlin." The eagle holds a colored Columbia shield in its talons and only 6 arrows. Black ink (printed) with red and blue added in the shield.
GLC05553
[Wide-awake election of 1860 campaign ribbon]
Republican campaign ribbon supporting Abraham Lincoln for President printed with "Wide Awake," and a large eye. Printed on white silk. Thousands of young men turned out in "Wide Awake" torchlight parades in support of Lincoln. The Wide Awakes are...
GLC05865
1860 ca.
Lincoln and Hamlin election 1860 campaign tokens [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC08499
circa 1860
[Lincoln and Hamlin 1860 election token]
Republican election token from the 1860 presidential election with photographic portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin on opposite sides. With hole punched at top. Same as .02.
GLC08499.01
Republican election token from the 1860 presidential election with photographic portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin on opposite sides. With hole punched at top. Same as .01.
GLC08499.02
[Election of 1860 campaign token]
Republican election token from the 1860 presidential election with photographic portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin on opposite sides. With hole punched at top.
GLC08627
Bell, John
Political token: Ferrotype portrait of Bell and Edward Everett
GLC08641
1860, 1864
[1860 and 1864 presidential election Union campaign banner]
Linen Union campaign banner with image of an eagle holding an American flag shield. Banner held in eagle's beak reads [Abraham] Lincoln and [Andrew] Johnson. Printed in red, blue and black. Altered for use in the 1864 election. The original...
GLC07095
1816
Bank of the United States
Act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the U.S.
"Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, That a bank of the United States of America shall be established, with a capital of thirty-five millions of dollars, divided into three...
GLC08025
post 1841.
Funeral ribbon for William H. Harrison.
Silk ribbon has picture of Harrison, birth place, birth and death dates, and dying words: "Sir,--I wish you to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more."
GLC08096
1860 Pro-Lincoln campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait
GLC07769.01
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