Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Commemorative ribbon
Object Number:
INV.2866
Date:
ca. 1841
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 14.9 x 6 cm )
Description:
Cream silk satin ribbon printed in black; depicts portrait of Harrison within central oval medallion with inscription: "IN/Memory of the Brave/GENl. Wm. Hy. HARRISON/LATE/PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES/Died April 4th 1841./Aged 68 Years./'I wish you to understand the true principles/of the Government. I wish them carried out/I ask nothing more.'His last Words."
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