Collection Highlights
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights
Date:
1844
Object Number:
LIB.M1622a.Hutchinson
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Daniel Webster Memorial Ribbon
Object Number:
INV.4289.1
Date:
1852
Medium:
Silk, wool, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 29.5 x 6.7 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: business card, printed in black: "Rear Admiral/Reginald Rowan Belknap/United States Navy, Retired/5, Chelsea Square"
Description:
Cream silk satin ribbon with attached wool needlepoint embroidery on piece of perforated paper; depicts tombstone surrounded by trees; with inscription: "In/Memory/OF/Hon Daniel Webster/Obt. Oct. 24th 1852/Aged 71 yrs".
Credit Line:
Gift of Rear Admiral Reginald Rowan Belknap
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
