Collection Highlights
Freedom to the Slaves
Date:
ca. 1865
Object Number:
PR.052.58
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medal: Lincoln and Hamilton 1861
Object Number:
INV.3778
Date:
1861 or later
Medium:
White metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 5/16 in. ( 3.4 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, below bust truncation, at right: "F.B. SMITH F."
Description:
White metal struck medal with obverse showing double bust-length portrait of Lincoln and Hamlin, facing left, surrounded by palm wreath; legend: "LINCOLN &/HAMLIN." Reverse is inscribed: "THE FALL OF SUMTER/WILL BE AVENGED,/THE REBELLION CRUSHED/AND THE/HONOR AND INTEGRITY/OF THE/UNITED STATES,/SHALL BE/MAINTAINED./1861."; surrounding legend: "WE WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE CONSITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF ANY STATE."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
