Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Textile fragment
Object Number:
INV.1900d
Date:
1825
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
overall: 20 x 10 5/8 in.
Marks:
printed: all over: "ODE / FOR THE/ CANAL CELEBRATION/ written at the request of the printers of NEW YORK/ by Mr. Sam Woodworth/ 'Tis done!, 'tis done/ the mighty chain/ Clayton and Van Norden, Printers"
Description:
Letterpress-printed silk textile with an "Ode for the Canal Celebration" in black ink in two columns; decorative border.
Credit Line:
Gift of De Witt C. Jones, Jr. , March 21, 1962
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
