The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
Library of Congress Catalog Card No 67-28353
Printed & Bound in Norwalk, Connecticut by T. O'Toole & Sons, Inc.
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N. FLAYDERMAN & CO., INC. New Milford, Connecticut, U.S.A.
late envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the united states of america to france.
My Dear Sir:
Permit me to dedicate to you this work on our National Medals, as a slight testimonial for your distinguished services during your long official residence in Paris, and especially during the siege of that city in 1870-1871, when you had under your protection the subjects of fourteen governments besides your own, and yet so discharged your delicate and responsible duties as to win universal approbation.
Yours sincerely, J. F. Loubat. New-York, Union Club, May, 1878.
Medals, by means of the engraver's art, perpetuate in a durable form and within a small compass which the eye can embrace at a glance, not only the features of eminent persons, but the dates, brief accounts, and representations (direct or emblematical) of events; they rank, therefore, among the most valuable records of the past, especially when they recall men, deeds, or circumstances which have influenced the life of nations. How much light has been furnished for the study of history by the concise and faithful testimony of these silent witnesses! The importance of medals is now universally acknowledged, and in almost every country they are preserved with reverent care, and made the subject of costly publications, illustrated by elaborate engravings, with carefully prepared letter-press descriptions and notes. Up to the present time no thorough work devoted to the medals of the United States of America has been published. When I entered upon the task, several years ago, of investigating their history for the period embracing the first century of the Republic, I had little conception of the difficulties to be encountered. The search involved a very considerable expenditure of time and labor, but at last I have the satisfaction of offering to the public the result of my investigations, completed according to the original plan.
J. F. Loubat
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J. F. LOUBAT, LL.D.
WITH 170 ETCHINGS BY JULES JACQUEMART.
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LIST OF PLATES.
GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
MAJOR-GENERAL HORATIO GATES.
BRIGADIER-GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DE FLEURY.
MAJOR JOHN STEWART.
MAJOR HENRY LEE.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
JOHN PAULDING, DAVID WILLIAMS, ISAAC VAN WART.
BRIGADIER-GENERAL DANIEL MORGAN.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WILLIAM AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN EAGER HOWARD.
MAJOR-GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
TREATY OF AMITY AND COMMERCE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED NETHERLANDS.
LIBERTAS AMERICANA.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
CAPTAIN JOHN PAUL JONES.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON.
THE DIPLOMATIC MEDAL.
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS.
CAPTAIN THOMAS TRUXTUN.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON.
COMMODORE EDWARD PREBLE.
PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON.
CAPTAIN ISAAC HULL.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
CAPTAIN JACOB JONES.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
CAPTAIN STEPHEN DECATUR.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
LIEUTENANT EDWARD RUTLEDGE McCALL.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM BURROWS.
CAPTAIN OLIVER HAZARD PERRY.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
CAPTAIN JESSE DUNCAN ELLIOTT.
CAPTAIN JAMES LAWRENCE.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
CAPTAIN THOMAS MACDONOUGH.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
CAPTAIN ROBERT HENLEY.
LIEUTENANT STEPHEN CASSIN.
CAPTAIN LEWIS WARRINGTON.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
CAPTAIN JOHNSTON BLAKELEY.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
MAJOR-GENERAL JACOB BROWN.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
MAJOR-GENERAL PETER BUEL PORTER.
BRIGADIER-GENERAL ELEAZER WHEELOCK RIPLEY.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
BRIGADIER-GENERAL JAMES MILLER.
MAJOR-GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT.
MAJOR-GENERAL EDMUND PENDLETON GAINES.
MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER MACOMB.
MAJOR-GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
CAPTAIN CHARLES STEWART.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
CAPTAIN JAMES BIDDLE.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE.
MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
GOVERNOR ISAAC SHELBY.
TREATY OF COMMERCE WITH FRANCE.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON.
COLONEL GEORGE CROGHAN.
PRESIDENT MARTIN VAN BUREN.
PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
PRESIDENT JAMES KNOX POLK.
MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
LOSS OF THE UNITED STATES BRIG-OF-WAR SOMERS.
MAJOR-GENERAL SCOTT.
MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR.
PRESIDENT MILLARD FILLMORE.
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE.
COMMANDER DUNCAN NATHANIEL INGRAHAM.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN.
DOCTOR FREDERICK HENRY ROSE.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
NAVY MEDAL OF HONOR.
ARMY MEDAL OF HONOR.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
MAJOR-GENERAL ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON.
WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP SAN FRANCISCO.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
CYRUS WEST FIELD.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
GEORGE PEABODY.
PRESIDENT ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT.
GEORGE FOSTER ROBINSON.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
LOSS OF THE STEAMER METIS.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
CENTENNIAL MEDAL.
CENTENNIAL MEDAL.
LIFE SAVING MEDAL OF THE FIRST CLASS.
LIFE SAVING MEDAL OF THE SECOND CLASS.
JOHN HORN, JR.
INDEX.