Collection Highlights
Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807
Date:
1807
Object Number:
MSS.NewYorkCity.Misc.1
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Connecticut State Building Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
INV.3681
Date:
1926
Medium:
Bronze; cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 5/16 in. ( 4.4 x 4.4 x 0.8 cm )
diameter: 1 9/16 in. ( 3.9 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: box cover, in pencil: "CONN./STATE/BUILDING"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing elevation of building with legend above: "CONNECTICUT STATE BUILDING"; inscription in exergue: "SESQUI-CENTENNIAL/PHILADELPHIA" with Liberty bell flanked by dates "1776" and "1926" below. Reverse bears statue on pedestal at left with laurel branch below and inscription below ornate shield at right: "'I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE/BUT ONE LIFE TO LOSE FOR/MY COUNTRY'/NATHAN HALE/PATRIOT-MARTYR/CONNECTICUT/1755/1776." Square white cardboard box.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
