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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 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
circa 1859
[Twenty Star American "Abolitionist Flag"]
Large American cotton flag with only 20 stars. Fragile. The flag consists of 9 alternating red or white cloth strips sewn together with 20 somewhat irregular stars. The blue field is mottled and the flag has staining. The flag is identified as an...
GLC05762
circa 1838
[Pair of abolitionist slave tokens]
One token, dated 1838, depicts a kneeling, shackled female slave, accompanied by the words: "Am I not a woman & a sister." Verso depicts a laurel wreath surrounding "Liberty 1838." Other token depicts a male figure with inscription "Am I not a man...
GLC08551
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