Number of Text Number of Plate.
[1]GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON.[I]
[Boston Retaken.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Pierre Simon Duvivier]
[Biographical Sketch of George Washington]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Washington]March 25, 1776
[General Washington to the President of Congress]March 19, 1776
[The President of Congress to General Washington]April 2, 1776
[John Adams to General Washington]April 2, 1776
[General Washington to John Adams]April 15, 1776
[Colonel Humphreys to General Washington]May, 1785
[Colonel Humphreys to Thomas Jefferson]January 30, 1786
[Thomas Jefferson to Colonel Humphreys]May 7, 1786
[2]MAJOR-GENERAL HORATIO GATES.[II]
[Surrender of the British Army at Saratoga.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Nicolas Marie Gatteaux]
[Biographical Sketch of Horatio Gates]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Gates]November 4, 1777
[General Gates to the President of Congress]October 18, 1777
[Articles of Convention between Generals Gates and Burgoyne]October 16, 1777
[Thomas Jefferson to Colonel Humphreys]December 4, 1785
[Colonel Humphreys to Thomas Jefferson]
[3]BRIGADIER-GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE.[III]
[Taking of Stony Point.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Anthony Wayne]
[Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to General Wayne, toLieutenant-Colonel de Fleury, and to Major Stewart, etc.]July 26, 1779
[General Washington to the President of Congress]July 16, 1779
[General Wayne to General Washington]July 16, 1779
[General Washington to the President of Congress]July 20, 1779
[General Wayne to General Washington]July 17, 1779
[4]LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DE FLEURY.[IV]
[Taking of Stony Point.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of François Louis Teisseidre de Fleury]
[General Washington to the President of Congress]July 25, 1779
[General Washington to the President of Congress]July 28, 1779
[Memorial for M. de Fleury]
[5]MAJOR JOHN STEWART.[V]
[Taking of Stony Point.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of John Stewart]
[6]MAJOR HENRY LEE.[VI]
[Surprise of Paulus Hook.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Joseph Wright]
[Biographical Sketch of Henry Lee]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Major Henry Lee, etc.]September 24, 1779
[General Washington to the President of Congress]August 23, 1779
[Major Henry Lee to General Washington]August 22, 1779
[7]JOHN PAULDING, DAVID WILLIAMS, ISAAC VAN WART.[VII]
[Capture of Major André.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketches of Paulding, Williams, and Van Wart]
[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to John Paulding, David Williams, and Isaac Van Wart]November 3, 1780
[General Washington to the President of Congress]September 26, 1780
[General Washington to the President of Congress]October 7, 1780
[8]BRIGADIER-GENERAL DANIEL MORGAN.[VIII]
[Victory of the Cowpens.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Augustin Dupré]
[Biographical Sketch of Daniel Morgan]
[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to General Morgan and to Lieutenant-Colonels Washington and Howard, etc.]March 9, 1781
[General Morgan to General Greene]January 19, 1781
[Act of Congress Directing a Gold Copy of General Morgan's Medal to be Struck for Morgan Neville]July 2, 1836
[9]LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WILLIAM A. WASHINGTON.[IX]
[Victory of the Cowpens.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of William Augustine Washington]
[10]LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN EAGER HOWARD.[X]
[Victory of the Cowpens.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of John Eager Howard]
[11]MAJOR-GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE.[XI]
[Victory of Eutaw Springs.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Nathaniel Greene]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Greene, etc.]October 29, 1781
[General Greene to the President of Congress]September 11, 1781
[John Jay to Major William Pierce and others]February 12, 1788
[12]ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE UNITED NETHERLANDS.[XII]
[Libera Soror.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of John George Holtzhey]
[John Adams to Robert R. Livingston]April 19, 1782
[Extracts from the Register Books of the States of the Netherlands]1782
[Original Documents from the Royal Archives at the Hague]1782
[John Adams to Robert R. Livingston]April 22, 1782
[13]TREATY OF AMITY AND COMMERCE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED NETHERLANDS.[XIII]
[Favstissimo Foedere Jvnctæ.]
[Description of Medal]
[Treaty between the United Netherlands and the United States of America]October 8, 1782
[Convention between the United Netherlands and the United States of America]October 8, 1782
[14]LIBERTAS AMERICANA.[XIV]
[Surrender of the British Armies at Saratoga and at Yorktown.]
[Description of Medal]
[General Washington to the President of Congress]October 19, 1781
[General Washington to the President of Congress]October 27, 1781
[Resolutions of Congress Voting Thanks, etc., for the Taking of Yorktown]October 29, 1781
[Benjamin Franklin to Robert R. Livingston]March 4, 1782
[Benjamin Franklin to Sir William Jones]March 17, 1783
[Benjamin Franklin to Robert R. Livingston]April 15, 1783
[Benjamin Franklin to Robert R. Livingston]July 22, 1783
[Benjamin Franklin to the Grand Master of Malta]April 6, 1783
[The Grand Master of Malta to Benjamin Franklin]June 21, 1783
[15]BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.[XV]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Franklin]
[16]BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.[XVI]
[Description of Medal]
[William Short to Thomas Jefferson]June 14, 1790
[Thomas Jefferson to the President of the National Assembly of France]March 8, 1791
[17]CAPTAIN JOHN PAUL JONES.[XVII]
[Capture of the Serapis.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of John Paul Jones]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to the Chevalier John Paul Jones]October 16, 1787
[Captain John Paul Jones to Benjamin Franklin]October 3, 1779
[M. de Sartine to the President of Congress]May 30, 1780
[M. de Sartine to Commodore John Paul Jones]June 28, 1780
[Resolution of Congress Authorizing Captain Jones to Accept from the King of France the Cross of Military Merit]February 27, 1781
[The United States to the King of France]October 19, 1787
[Thomas Jefferson to General Washington]May 2, 1788
[Admiral John Paul Jones to Thomas Jefferson]August 29,/ September 9, 1788
[18]PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON.[XVIII]
[XIX]
[First President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[Indian Peace Medals]
[19]THE DIPLOMATIC MEDAL.[XX]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of César Anne de la Luzerne]
[Biographical Sketch of Éléonore François Élie de Moustier]
[John Adams to the President of Congress]August 3, 1779
[Thomas Jefferson to William Short]April 30, 1790
[Thomas Jefferson to the Marquis de la Luzerne]April 30, 1790
[William Short to Thomas Jefferson]June 14, 1790
[Thomas Jefferson to William Short]July 26, 1790
[Thomas Jefferson to the Count de Moustier]March 2, 1791
[Thomas Jefferson to William Short]March 8, 1791
[William Short to Thomas Jefferson]June 6, 1791
[William Short to Thomas Jefferson]September 25, 1791
[William Short to M. Dupré]
[M. de Moustier to M. Dupré]
[William Short to Thomas Jefferson]February 8, 1792
[M. Lagrange to William Short]January 31, 1792
[20]PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS.[XXI]
[Second President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of John Adams]
[21]CAPTAIN THOMAS TRUXTUN.[XXII]
[Action with the Vengeance.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Thomas Truxtun]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Captain Truxtun, etc.]February 3, 1800
[Captain Thomas Truxtun to the Secretary of the Navy]February 3, 1800
[Journal of Captain Truxtun of Occurrences on board the United States Ship Constellation]February 1, 1800
[President John Adams to the Secretary of the Navy]March 31, 1800
[John Adams to Captain Thomas Truxtun]November 30, 1802
[22]PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON.[XXIII]
[Third President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of John Reich]
[Biographical Sketch of Thomas Jefferson]
[23]COMMODORE EDWARD PREBLE.[XXIV]
[Naval operations against Tripoli.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Edward Preble]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Commodore Preble]March 3, 1805
[President Thomas Jefferson to Congress]February 20, 1805
[Commodore Preble to the Secretary of the Navy]September 18, 1804
[R. Smith to George Harrison]June 26, 1805
[24]PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON.[XXV]
[Fourth President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of James Madison]
[25]CAPTAIN ISAAC HULL.[XXVI]
[Capture of the Guerrière.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Isaac Hull]
[Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to Captains Hull, Decatur, Jones, etc.]January 29, 1813
[Captain Hull to the Secretary of the Navy]July 21, 1812
[Captain Hull to the Secretary of the Navy]August 30, 1812
[Captain Hull to the Secretary of the Navy]August 30, 1812
[26]CAPTAIN JACOB JONES.[XXVII]
[Capture of the Frolic.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Moritz Fürst]
[Biographical Sketch of Jacob Jones]
[Captain Jacob Jones to the Secretary of the Navy]November 24, 1812
[27]CAPTAIN STEPHEN DECATUR.[XXVIII]
[Capture of the Macedonian.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Stephen Decatur]
[Captain Decatur to the Secretary of the Navy]October 30, 1812
[28]CAPTAIN WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE.[XXIX]
[Capture of the Java.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of William Bainbridge]
[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Bainbridge, etc.]March 3, 1813
[Captain Bainbridge to the Secretary of the Navy]January 3, 1813
[Extract from Captain Bainbridge's Journal]December 30, 1812
[H. D. Corneck to Lieutenant Wood]January 1, 1813
[29]LIEUTENANT EDWARD RUTLEDGE McCALL.[XXX]
[Capture of the Boxer.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Edward Rutledge McCall]
[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Lieutenants McCall. Burrows, etc.]January 6, 1814
[Captain Hull to the Secretary of the Navy]September 14, 1813
[Lieutenant McCall to Captain Hull]September 7, 1813
[30]LIEUTENANT WILLIAM BURROWS.[XXXI]
[Capture of the Boxer.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of William Burrows]
[31]CAPTAIN OLIVER HAZARD PERRY.[XXXII]
[Victory of Lake Erie.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Oliver Hazard Perry]
[Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to Captains Perry, Elliott, etc.]January 6, 1814
[Captain Perry to the Secretary of the Navy]September 10, 1813
[Captain Perry to the Secretary of the Navy]September 13, 1813
[The Secretary of the Navy to George Harrison]July 4, 1814
[32]CAPTAIN JESSE DUNCAN ELLIOTT.[XXXIII]
[Victory of Lake Erie.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Jesse Duncan Elliott]
[33]CAPTAIN JAMES LAWRENCE.[XXXIV]
[Captain of the Peacock.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of James Lawrence]
[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Lawrence, etc.]January 11, 1814
[Captain Lawrence to the Secretary of the Navy]March 19, 1813
[34]CAPTAIN THOMAS MACDONOUGH.[XXXV]
[Victory of Lake Champlain.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Thomas Macdonough]
[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captains Macdonough and Henley, Lieutenant Cassin, etc.]October 20, 1814
[Resolution of Congress Complimentary to Lieutenant Silas Duncan]May 13, 1826
[Captain Macdonough to the Secretary of the Navy]September 11, 1814
[Captain Macdonough to the Secretary of the Navy]September 13, 1814
[35]CAPTAIN ROBERT HENLEY.[XXXVI]
[Victory of Lake Champlain.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Robert Henley]
[36]LIEUTENANT STEPHEN CASSIN.[XXXVII]
[Victory of Lake Champlain.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Stephen Cassin]
[37]CAPTAIN LEWIS WARRINGTON.[XXXVIII]
[Capture of the Épervier.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Lewis Warrington]
[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Warrington, etc.]October 21, 1814
[Captain Warrington to the Secretary of the Navy]April 29, 1814
[38]CAPTAIN JOHNSTON BLAKELEY.[XXXIX]
[Capture of the Reindeer.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Johnston Blakeley]
[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Blakeley, etc.]November 3, 1814
[Captain Blakeley to the Secretary of the Navy]July 8, 1814
[39]MAJOR-GENERAL JACOB BROWN.[XL]
[Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Jacob Brown]
[Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to Generals Brown, Scott, Porter, Gaines, Macomb, Ripley and Miller]November 3, 1814
[General Brown to the Secretary of War]July 7, 1814
[General Orders]July 6, 1814
[General Brown to the Secretary of War]August, 1814
[General Brown to the Secretary of War]September 29, 1814
[General Brown to the Secretary of War]October 1, 1814
[40]MAJOR-GENERAL PETER BUEL PORTER.[XLI]
[Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Peter Buel Porter]
[General Porter to General Brown]September 22, 1814
[41]BRIGADIER-GENERAL ELEAZER WHEELOCK RIPLEY.[XLII]
[Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Eleazer Wheelock Ripley]
[General Ripley to General Gaines]August 17, 1814
[42]BRIGADIER-GENERAL JAMES MILLER.[XLIII]
[Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of James Miller]
[43]MAJOR-GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT.[XLIV]
[Victories of Chippewa and Niagara.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Winfield Scott]
[44]MAJOR-GENERAL EDMUND PENDLETON GAINES.[XLV]
[Victory of Erie.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Edmund Pendleton Gaines]
[General Gaines to the Secretary of War]August 15, 1814
[General Gaines to the Secretary of War]August 23, 1814
[General Gaines to the Secretary of War]August 26, 1814
[45]MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER MACOMB.[XLVI]
[Victory of Plattsburgh.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Alexander Macomb]
[General Macomb to the Secretary of War]September 15, 1814
[Resolution of Congress Voting Rifles to Martin J. Aitkin and others]May 20, 1826
[46]MAJOR-GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON.[XLVII]
[Victory of New Orleans.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Andrew Jackson]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Jackson]February 27, 1815
[General Jackson to the Secretary of War]January 13, 1815
[General Jackson to the Secretary of War]January 19, 1815
[General Jackson's Farewell Address to his Army]March, 1815
[Resolutions of Congress complimentary to Commodore D. T. Patterson and others]February 15, 1815
[Resolutions of Congress complimentary to the People of the State of Louisiana, etc.]February 15, 1815
[47]CAPTAIN CHARLES STEWART.[XLVIII]
[Capture of the Cyane and of the Levant.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Charles Stewart]
[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Stewart, etc.]February 22, 1816
[Captain Stewart to the Secretary of the Navy]May, 1815
[Minutes of the Action between the Constitution, Cyane, and Levant]February 20, 1815
[48]CAPTAIN JAMES BIDDLE.[XLIX]
[Capture of the Penguin.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of James Biddle]
[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Biddle, etc.]February 22, 1816
[Captain Biddle to the Secretary of the Navy]March 25, 1815
[49]PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE.[L]
[Fifth President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of James Monroe]
[50]MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.[LI]
[Victory of the Thames.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of William Henry Harrison]
[Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to General Harrison and Governor Shelby, etc.]April 4, 1818
[General Harrison to the Secretary of War]October 5, 1813
[General Harrison to the Secretary of War]October 9, 1813
[General Orders of Debarkation, of March, and of Battle]September 27, 1813
[51]GOVERNOR ISAAC SHELBY.[LII]
[Victory of the Thames.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Isaac Shelby]
[52]TREATY OF COMMERCE WITH FRANCE.[LIII]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Bertrand Andrieu]
[Biographical Sketch of Raymond Gayrard]
[Treaty of Commerce with France]June 24, 1822
[53]PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.[LIV]
[Sixth President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of John Quincy Adams]
[54]PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON.[LV]
[Seventh President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[55]COLONEL GEORGE CROGHAN.[LVI]
[Defence of Fort Stephenson.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of George Croghan]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Colonel Croghan, etc.]February 13, 1835
[Major Croghan to General Harrison]August 5, 1813
[56]PRESIDENT MARTIN VAN BUREN.[LVII]
[Eighth President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Martin Van Buren]
[57]PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER.[LVIII]
[Tenth President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of John Tyler]
[R. M. Patterson to J. C. Spencer]November 2, 1841
[J. C. Spencer to R. M. Patterson]November 13, 1841
[R. M. Patterson to John C. Spencer]September 17, 1842
[D. Parker to R. M. Patterson]September 21, 1842
[58]PRESIDENT JAMES KNOX POLK.[LIX]
[Eleventh President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of James Knox Polk]
[59]MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR.[LX]
[Victories on the Rio Grande.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Zachary Taylor]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Taylor]July 16, 1846
[General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army]May 9, 1846
[General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army]May 9, 1846
[General Order Congratulating the Army]May 11, 1846
[General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army]May 16, 1846
[The Secretary of War to Doctor Patterson]December 9, 1846
[Doctor Patterson to the Secretary of War]December 12, 1846
[60]MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR.[LXI]
[Taking of Monterey.]
[Description of Medal]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Taylor]March 2, 1847
[General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army]October 9, 1846
[61]LOSS OF THE UNITED STATES BRIG-OF-WAR SOMERS.[LXII]
[For Having Saved the Lives of Americans.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Charles Gushing Wright]
[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to British, French, and Spanish Officers, etc.]March 3, 1847
[Lieutenant Semmes to Commodore M. C. Perry]December 10, 1846
[62]MAJOR-GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT.[LXIII]
[Mexican Campaign.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Salathiel Ellis]
[Biographical Sketch of G. C. Humphries]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Scott]March 9, 1848
[General Scott to the Secretary of War]March 12, 1847
[General Scott to the Secretary of War]March 23, 1847
[General Scott to the Secretary of War]March 29, 1847
[Terms of Capitulation for the Surrender of Vera Cruz, etc.]
[General Scott to the Secretary of War]April 19, 1847
[General Orders No. 111]April 17, 1847
[General Scott to the Secretary of War]August 28, 1847
[General Scott to the Secretary of War]September 11, 1847
[General Scott to the Secretary of War]September 18, 1847
[General Orders No. 286]September, 1847
[63]MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR.[LXIV]
[Victory of Buena Vista.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Frederick Augustus Smith]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Taylor]May 9, 1848
[General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army]March 6, 1847
[General Order Congratulating the Army]February 26, 1847
[64]PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR.[LXV]
[Twelfth President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[65]PRESIDENT MILLARD FILLMORE.[LXVI]
[Thirteenth President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Joseph Willson]
[Biographical Sketch of Millard Fillmore]
[66]PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE.[LXVII]
[Fourteenth President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Franklin Pierce]
[67]COMMANDER DUNCAN NATHANIEL INGRAHAM.[LXVIII]
[Release of Martin Coszta.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Seth Eastman]
[Biographical Sketch of P. F. Cross]
[Biographical Sketch of James Barton Longacre]
[Biographical Sketch of Duncan Nathaniel Ingraham]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Commander Ingraham]August 4, 1854
[Commander Ingraham to Commodore Stringham]July 6, 1853
[Commander Ingraham to Commander Schwartz]June 28, 1853
[Commander Schwartz to Commander Ingraham]June 29, 1853
[Commander Ingraham to Commander Schwartz]July 2, 1853
[Commander Schwartz to Commander Ingraham]July 2, 1853
[S. N. Brown to Commander Ingraham]June 28, 1853
[Enclosure from Caleb Lyon of Lyonsdale]
[Martin Coszta's Declaration of Intention]July 31, 1852
[Agreement between the Consul-General of Austria and the Consul of the United States of America]July 2, 1853
[68]PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN.[LXIX]
[Fifteenth President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of James Buchanan]
[69]DOCTOR FREDERICK HENRY ROSE.[LXX]
[Kindness and Humanity of Doctor Rose.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of A. C. Paquet]
[Biographical Sketch of Frederick Henry Rose]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Doctor Rose]May 11, 1858
[Captain Sands to the Secretary of the Navy]April 15, 1858
[70]PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN.[LXXI]
[Sixteenth President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Abraham Lincoln]
[71]NAVY MEDAL OF HONOR.[LXXII a]
[Description of Medal]
[Acts of Congress Instituting Naval Medals of Honor][December 21, 1861]
[July 16, 1862]
[72]ARMY MEDAL OF HONOR.[LXXII b]
[Description of Medal]
[Resolution and Act of Congress Instituting Army Medals of Honor][July 12, 1862]
[March 3, 1863]
[73]MAJOR-GENERAL ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT.[LXXIII]
[Victories of fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Antrobus]
[Biographical Sketch of Ulysses Simpson Grant]
[Resolutions of Congress Voting a Medal to General Grant]December 17, 1863
[General Grant to General Cullum]February 16, 1862
[General Buckner to General Grant]February 16, 1862
[General Grant to General Buckner]February 16, 1862
[General Buckner to General Grant]February 16, 1862
[General Orders No. 2]February 17, 1862
[General Grant to the Assistant Adjutant-General]July 6, 1863
[General Pemberton to General Grant]July 3, 1863
[General Grant to General Pemberton]July 3, 1863
[General Grant to General Pemberton]July 3, 1863
[General Pemberton to General Grant]July 3, 1863
[General Grant to General Pemberton]July 4, 1863
[General Pemberton to General Grant]July 4, 1863
[General Grant to the Assistant Adjutant-General]December 23, 1863
[74]CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.[LXXIV]
[Free Gift of Steamship Vanderbilt.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Emanuel Leutze]
[Biographical Sketch of Cornelius Vanderbilt]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Cornelius Vanderbilt]January 28, 1864
[The Secretary of State to Cornelius Vanderbilt]April 17, 1866
[Cornelius Vanderbilt to the Secretary of State]May 3, 1866
[75]PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON.[LXXV]
[Seventeenth President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Andrew Johnson]
[76]WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP SAN FRANCISCO.[LXXVI]
[Testimonial of National Gratitude.]
[Description of Medal]
[Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to Captains Creighton, Low, and Stouffer]July 26, 1866
[Major Wyse to the Adjutant General of the Army]January 14, 1854
[Consolidated Morning Report, 3d Artillery]January 14, 1854
[Colonel Gates to the Adjutant-General of the Army]January 16, 1854
[Acts of Congress Voting Eight Months' Pay to Lieutenant Francis Key Murray and others][March 27, 1854]
[August 5, 1854]
[77]CYRUS WEST FIELD.[LXXVII]
[Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of J. Goldsborough Bruff]
[Biographical Sketch of William Barber]
[Biographical Sketch of Cyrus West Field]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Cyrus W. Field]March 2, 1867
[The Secretary of State to Cyrus W. Field]January 7, 1869
[78]GEORGE PEABODY.[LXXVIII]
[Promotion of Universal Education.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of George Peabody]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to George Peabody]March 16, 1867
[George Peabody's Gift for Southern Education]February 7, 1867
[Action of the Trustees of the Peabody Gift]February 8, 1867
[The Secretary of State to George Peabody]June 23, 1868
[George Peabody to the Secretary of State]September 18, 1868
[The Secretary of State to George Peabody]October 7, 1868
[George Peabody to the Secretary of State]January 6, 1869
[79]PRESIDENT ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT.[LXXIX]
[Eighteenth President of the United States of America.]
[Description of Medal]
[80]GEORGE FOSTER ROBINSON.[LXXX]
[Heroic Conduct.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of George Foster Robinson]
[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to George F. Robinson]March 1, 1871
[Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in Regard to George F. Robinson]
[81]LOSS OF THE STEAMER METIS.[LXXXI]
[Courage and Humanity.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of Charles E. Barber]
[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Crandall and others]February 24, 1873
[Captain David Ritchie to the Secretary of the Navy]September 1, 1872
[Resolution of Congress Voting Thanks to Captain Ritchie]January 24, 1873
[82]CENTENNIAL MEDAL.[LXXXII]
[Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence.]
[Description of Medal]
[Act of Congress Authorizing Centennial Medals]June 16, 1874
[Official Notice Promulgated by the Centennial Board of Finance]March 24, 1875
[83]CENTENNIAL MEDAL.[LXXXIII]
[Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence.]
[Description of Medal]
[84]LIFE SAVING MEDAL OF THE FIRST CLASS.[LXXXIV]
[Saving Life from the Perils of the Sea.]
[Description of Medal]
[Act of Congress Instituting Life Saving Medals]June 20, 1874
[The Acting Secretary of the Treasury to Lucien M. Clemons]June 30, 1876
[The Acting Secretary of the Treasury to James Martin]March 3, 1877
[The Acting Secretary of the Treasury to John Dean]March 3, 1877
[Report of the United States Life-Saving Service]November 30, 1876
[The Secretary of the Treasury to Colonel J. Schuyler Crosby]June 30, 1877
[The Secretary of the Treasury to Carl Fosberg]September 22, 1877
[Report of the United States Life-Saving Service]November 29, 1877
[The Secretary of the Treasury to Philip C. Bleil]January 15, 1878
[85]LIFE SAVING MEDAL OF THE SECOND CLASS.[LXXXV]
[Saving Life from the Perils of the Sea.]
[Description of Medal]
[The Secretary of the Treasury to John O. Philbrick]July 22, 1876
[The Secretary of the Treasury to Henry M. Lee]July 31, 1877
[The Secretary of the Treasury to Captain Charles H. Smith]March 12, 1878
[The Secretary of the Treasury to Edward Nordall]March 12, 1878
[The Secretary of the Treasury to Malachi Corbell]March 12, 1878
[86]JOHN HORN, JR.[LXXXVI]
[Heroic Exploits.]
[Description of Medal]
[Biographical Sketch of John Horn, Jr.]
[Act of Congress Voting a Medal to John Horn, Jr.]June 20, 1874
[John Horn, Jr., to Moses W. Field]February 23, 1874

LIST OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS

Given or Referred to in the Introduction.
Page.
Benjamin Franklin to the President of CongressMarch 4, 1780[xi]
Colonel Humphreys to the President of CongressMarch 18, 1785[xii]
Colonel Humphreys to the Perpetual Secretary of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres of FranceMarch 14, 1785[xiii]
Benjamin Franklin to the Secretary for Foreign AffairsMay 10, 1785[xiv]
Contract between Colonel Humphreys and M. Dupré for Engraving the Medal of General GreeneNovember 19, 1785[xvi]
Thomas Jefferson to the Secretary for Foreign AffairsFebruary 14, 1787[xvii]
Report of the Secretary for Foreign AffairsJuly 11, 1787[xviii]
Thomas Jefferson to M. DupréJanuary 3, 1789[xix]
Thomas Jefferson to M. DupréFebruary 13, 1789[xx]
Thomas Jefferson to M. DupréFebruary 15, 1789[xxi]
General Winfield Scott to the Secretary of WarJuly 25, 1846[xxiv]
Thomas Jefferson to M. DupréFebruary 23, 1789[xxxiii]
Colonel Humphreys to the Printer of the American Museum (Mr. Carey)November, 1787[xxxiv]
Registre des Assemblées et Délibérations de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres pendant l'année 1785[xxxvi]
Contract between Colonel Humphreys and M. Dupré for Engraving the Medal of General GreeneNovember 19, 1785[xli]
Registre des Assemblées et Délibérations de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres pendant l'année 1789[xli]
Thomas Jefferson to M. DupréRoyale January 3, 1789[xliv]
Thomas Jefferson to M. DupréRoyale February 13, 1789[xliv]
Thomas Jefferson to M. DupréFebruary 15, 1789[xlv]
Explication des Peintures. Sculptures et Gravures de Messieurs de l'Académie Royale, etc.1781 and 1789[xlv]
James Pollock to William L. DaytonNovember 22, 1861[xlvii]
William L. Dayton to the French Minister of Foreign AffairsDecember 10, 1861[xlviii]
Marquis de Banneville to W. L. DaytonJanuary 17, 1862[xlix]
William L. Dayton to the French Minister of Foreign AffairsJanuary 23, 1862[xlix]
Thomas Jefferson to M. DupréFebruary 23, 1789[l]

LIST OF PLATES.

Number of Plate.Title of Medal.Designer and Engraver.Number of Text.Page of Text.
[I]GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON.
[Boston retaken.]
Georgio Washington svpremo dvci exercitvvmadsertori libertatis Comitia Americana. ℞.Hostibus primo fugatis.
DUVIVIER.[1][1]
[II]MAJOR-GENERAL HORATIO GATES.
[Surrender of the British Army at Saratoga.]
Horatio Gates duci strenuo Comitia Americana. ℞. Salus regionum septentrional.
N. GATTEAUX.[2][8]
[III]BRIGADIER-GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE.
[Taking of Stony Point.]
Antonio Wayne duci exercitus Comitia Americana. ℞. Stoney-Point expugnatum.
GATTEAUX.[3][14]
[IV]LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DE FLEURY.
[Taking of Stony Point.]
Virtutis et audaciæ monum. et præmium. ℞. Aggeres paludes hostes victi.
DUVIVIER.[4][22]
[V]MAJOR JOHN STEWART.
[Taking of Stony Point.]
Joanni Stewart cohortis præfecto Comitia Americana. ℞. Stoney-Point oppugnatum.
GATTEAUX.[5][28]
[VI]MAJOR HENRY LEE.
[Surprise of Paulus Hook.]
Henrico Lee legionis equit. præfecto. Comitia Americana. ℞. Non obstantib fluminibus vallis, etc.
J. WRIGHT.[6][29]
[VII]JOHN PAULDING, DAVID WILLIAMS, ISAAC VAN WART.
[Capture of Major André.]
Fidelity. ℞. Vincit amor patriæ.
[7][37]
[VIII]BRIGADIER-GENERAL DANIEL MORGAN.
[Victory of the Cowpens.]
Danieli Morgan duci exercitus Comitia Americana. ℞. Victoria libertatis vindex.
DUPRÉ.[8][40]
[IX]LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WILLIAM AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON.
[Victory of the Cowpens.]
Gulielmo Washington legionis equit. præfecto Comitia American. ℞. Quod parva militum manu, etc.
DUVIVIER.[9][46]
[X]LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN EAGER HOWARD.
[Victory of the Cowpens.]
Joh. Egar. Howard legionis peditum præfecto Comitia Americana. ℞. Quod in nutantem hostium aciem, etc.
DUVIVIER.[10][48]
[XI]MAJOR-GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE.
[Victory of Eutaw Springs.]
Nathanieli Green egregio duci Comitia Americana. ℞. Salus regionum australium.
DUPRÉ.[11][50]
[XII]ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE UNITED NETHERLANDS.
[Libera Soror.]
Libera soror. ℞. Tyrannis virtute repulsa.
I. G. HOLTZHEY.[12][57]
[XIII]TREATY OF AMITY AND COMMERCE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED NETHERLANDS.
[Faustissimo Foedere Junctæ.]
Faustissimo foedere junctæ. die VII Octob. MDCCLXXXII. ℞. Justitiam et non temnere divos.
I. G. HOLTZHEY.[13][74]
[XIV]LIBERTAS AMERICANA.
[Surrender of the British Armies at Saratoga and at Yorktown.]
Libertas Americana. ℞. Non sine diis animosus infans.
DUPRÉ.[14][86]
[XV]BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
Benj. Franklin natus Boston. XVII Jan. MDCCVI. ℞. Eripuit cœlo fulmen sceptrum que tyrannis.
AUG. DUPRÉ.[16][95]
[XVII]CAPTAIN JOHN PAUL JONES.
[Capture of the Serapis.]
Joanni Paulo Jones classis præfecto. Comitia Americana. ℞. Hostium navibus captis aut fugatis.
DUPRÉ.[17][97]
[XVIII]
[XIX]
PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON.
[First President of the United States of America.]
George Washington President. 1792.
[18][113]
[XX]CAPTAIN JOHN PAUL JONES.
To peace and commerce. ℞. The United States of America.
DUPRÉ.[19][115]
[XXI]PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS.
[Second President of the United States of America.]
John Adams President of the U.S. A.D. 1797. ℞. Peace and friendship.
[20][127]
[XXII]CAPTAIN THOMAS TRUXTUN.
[Action with the Vengeance.]
Patriæ. patres. filio. digno. Thomas Truxtun. ℞. United States frigate Constellation of 38 guns, &c.
[21][128]
[XXIII]PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON.
[Third President of the United States of America.]
Th. Jefferson President of the U.S. A.D. 1801. ℞. Peace and friendship.
REICH.[22][133]
[XXIV]COMMODORE EDWARD PREBLE.
[Naval operations against Tripoli.]
Edwardo Preble duci strenuo Comitia Americana. ℞. Vindici commercii Americani.
REICH.[23][135]
[XXV]PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON.
[Fourth President of the United States of America.]
James Madison President of the U.S.A. D. 1809. ℞. Peace and friendship.
REICH.[24][151]
[XXVI]CAPTAIN ISAAC HULL.
[Capture of the Guerrière.]
Isaacus Hull peritos arte superat Jul. MDCCCXII Aug. certamine fortes. ℞. Horæ momento victoria.
REICH.[25][153]
[XXVII]CAPTAIN JACOB JONES.
[Capture of the Frolic.]
Jacobus Jones virtus in ardua tendit. ℞. Victoriam hosti majori celerrime rapuit.
FÜRST.[26][160]
[XXVIII]CAPTAIN STEPHEN DECATUR.
[Capture of the Macedonian.]
Stephanus Decatur navarchus, pugnis pluribus, victor. ℞. Occidit signum hostile sidera surgunt.
FÜRST.[27][163]
[XXIX]CAPTAIN WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE.
[Capture of the Java.]
Gulielmus Bainbridge patria victisque laudatus. ℞. Pugnando.
FÜRST.[28][166]
[XXX]LIEUTENANT EDWARD RUTLEDGE McCALL.
[Capture of the Boxer.]
Edward R. McCall navis Enterprise præfectus. Sic itur ad astra. ℞. Vivere sat vincere.
FÜRST.[29][171]
[XXXI]LIEUTENANT WILLIAM BURROWS.
[Capture of the Boxer.]
Victoriam tibi claram. patriæ mæstam. ℞. Vivere sat vincere.
FÜRST.[30][174]
[XXXII]CAPTAIN OLIVER HAZARD PERRY.
[Victory of Lake Erie.]
Oliverus H. Perry, princeps stagno Eriense. classim totam contudit. ℞. Viam invenit virtus aut facit.
FÜRST.[31][176]
[XXXIII]CAPTAIN JESSE DUNCAN ELLIOTT.
[Victory of Lake Erie.]
Jesse D. Elliott. Nil actum reputans si quid superesset agendum. ℞. Viam invenit virtus aut facit.
FÜRST.[32][183]
[XXXIV]CAPTAIN JAMES LAWRENCE.
[Capture of the Peacock.]
Jac. Lawrence dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. ℞. Mansuetud. maj. quam victoria.
FÜRST.[33][185]
[XXXV]CAPTAIN THOMAS MACDONOUGH.
[Victory of Lake Champlain.]
Tho. Macdonough. Stagno Champlain clas. Reg. Brit. superavit. ℞. Uno latere percusso. alterum impavide vertit.
FÜRST.[34][189]
[XXXVI]CAPTAIN ROBERT HENLEY.
[Victory of Lake Champlain.]
Rob. Henley Eagle præfect. palma virtu. per æternit. florebit. ℞. Uno latere percusso. alterum impavide vertit.
FÜRST.[35][193]
[XXXVII]LIEUTENANT STEPHEN CASSIN.
[Victory of Lake Champlain.]
Step. Cassin Ticonderoga præfect. Quæ regio in terris nos. non plena lab. ℞. Uno latere percusso. alterum impavide vertit.
FÜRST.[36][195]
[XXXVIII]CAPTAIN LEWIS WARRINGTON.
[Capture of the Épervier.]
Ludovicus Warrington dux navalis Ameri. ℞. Pro patria paratus aut vincere aut mori.
FÜRST.[37][197]
[XXXIX]CAPTAIN JOHNSTON BLAKELEY.
[Capture of the Reindeer..]
Johnston Blakeley Reip. Fæd. Am. nav. Wasp dux. ℞. Eheu! bis victor patria tua te luget plauditq.
FÜRST.[38][200]
[XL]MAJOR-GENERAL JACOB BROWN.
[Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie..]
Major General Jacob Brown. ℞. Resolution of Congress November 3. 1814.
FÜRST.[39][203]
[XLI]MAJOR-GENERAL PETER BUEL PORTER.
[Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie..]
Major General Peter B. Porter. ℞. Resolution of Congress November 3. 1814.
FÜRST.[40][215]
[XLII]BRIGADIER-GENERAL ELEAZER WHEELOCK RIPLEY.
[Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie..]
Brig. General Eleazer W. Ripley. ℞. Resolution of Congress Novemb. 3. 1814.
FÜRST.[41][219]
[XLIII]BRIGADIER-GENERAL JAMES MILLER.
[Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie..]
Brigadier Genl. James Miller. ℞. Resolution of Congress November 3. 1814.
FÜRST.[42][223]
[XLIV]MAJOR-GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT.
[Victories of Chippewa and Niagara.]
Major General Winfield Scott. ℞. Resolution of Congress November 3. 1814. etc.
FÜRST.[43][224]
[XLV]MAJOR-GENERAL EDMUND P. GAINES.
[Victory of Erie..]
Major General Edmund P. Gaines. ℞. Resolution of Congress November 3. 1814.
FÜRST.[44][226]
[XLVI]MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER MACOMB.
[Victory of Plattsburgh.]
Major General Alexander Macomb. ℞. Resolution of Congress November 3. 1814.
FÜRST.[45][233]
[XLVII]MAJOR-GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON.
[Victory of New Orleans.]
Major General Andrew Jackson. ℞. Resolution of Congress February 27. 1815.
FÜRST.[46][238]
[XLVIII]CAPTAIN CHARLES STEWART.
[Capture of the Cyane and of the Levant.]
Carolus Stewart navis Amer. Constitution dux. ℞. Una victoriam eripuit ratibus binis.
FÜRST.[47][245]
[XLIX]CAPTAIN JAMES BIDDLE.
[Capture of the Penguin.]
The Congress of the U.S. to Capt. James Biddle. etc. ℞. Capture of the British ship Penguin by the U.S. ship Hornet.
FÜRST.[48][249]
[L]PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE.
[Fifth President of the United States of America.]
James Monroe President of the U.S.A. D. 1817. ℞. Peace and friendship.
FÜRST.[49][253]
[LI]MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
[Victory of the Thames.]
Major General William H. Harrison. ℞. Resolution of Congress April 4. 1818.
FÜRST.[50][254]
[LII]GOVERNOR ISAAC SHELBY.
[Victory of the Thames.]
Governor Isaac Shelby. ℞. Battle of the Thames. Octo. 5. 1813.
FÜRST.[51][265]
[LIII]TREATY OF COMMERCE WITH FRANCE.
Lvdovicvs. XVIII Franc. et. Nav. rex. ℞. Gallia. et. America. foederata.
ANDRIEU.
GAYRARD.
[52][266]
[LIV]PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
[Sixth President of the United States of America.]
John Quincy Adams President of the United States 1825. ℞. Peace and friendship.
FÜRST.[53][270]
[LV]PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON.
[Seventh President of the United States of America.]
Andrew Jackson President of the United States A.D. 1829. ℞. Peace and friendship.
FÜRST.[54][271]
[LVI]COLONEL GEORGE CROGHAN.
[Defence of Fort Stephenson.]
Presented by Congress to Colonel George Croghan 1835. ℞. Pars magna fuit.
FÜRST.[55][272]
[LVII]PRESIDENT MARTIN VAN BUREN.
[Eighth President of the United States of America.]
Martin Van Buren President of the United States A.D. 1837. ℞. Peace and friendship.
FÜRST.[56][275]
[LVIII]PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER.
[Tenth President of the United States of America.]
John Tyler, President of the United States. 1841. ℞. Peace and friendship.
[57][276]
[LIX]PRESIDENT JAMES KNOX POLK.
[Eleventh President of the United States of America.]
James K. Polk President of the United States. 1845. ℞. Peace and friendship.
PEALE.[58][280]
[LX]MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR.
[Victories on the Rio Grande.]
Major General Zachary Taylor. ℞. Resolution of Congress July 16th 1846, etc.
[59][281]
[LXI]MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR.
[Taking of Monterey.]
Major General Zachary Taylor. ℞. Resolution of Congress March 2nd 1847, etc.
[60][290]
[LXII]LOSS OF THE UNITED STATES BRIG-OR-WAR SOMERS.
[For Having Saved the Lives of Americans.]
Somers navis Americana. ℞. Pro vitis Americanorum conservatis.
C. C. WRIGHT.[61][299]
[LXIII]MAJOR-GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT.
[Mexican Campaign.]
Major General Winfield Scott. ℞.Vera Cruz. Cerro Gordo. Contreras, etc.
S. ELLIS.
G. C. HUMPHRIES.
C. C. WRIGHT.
[62][394]
[LXIV]MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR
[Victory of Buena Vista.]
Major General Zachary Taylor, etc. ℞.Buena Vista Feb. 22 & 23, 1847.
S. ELLIS.
F. A. SMITH.
C. C. WRIGHT.
[63][336]
[LXV]PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR
[Twelfth President of the United States of America.]
Zachary Taylor President of the United States 1849. ℞. Peace and friendship.
F. PEALE.[64][348]
[LXVI]PRESIDENT MILLARD FILLMORE.
[Thirteenth President of the United States of America.]
Millard Fillmore President of the United States1850. ℞. Labor virtue honor.
S. ELLIS.
J. WILLSON.
[65][349]
[LXVII]PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE.
[Fourteenth President of the United States of America.]
Franklin Pierce, President of the United States. 1853. ℞. Labor virute honor.
S. ELLIS.
J. WILLSON.
[66][351]
[LXVIII]COMMANDER DUNCAN NATHANIEL INGRAHAM.
[Release of Martin Coszta.]
Smyrna. American sloop of war St. Louis. Austrian brig of war Hussar. ℞. Presented by the President of the United States to Commander Duncan N. Ingraham, etc.
S. EASTMAN.
P. F. CROSS.
J. B. LONGACRE.
[67][352]
[LXIX]PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN.
[Fifteenth President of the United States of America.]
James Buchanan, President of the United States 1857. ℞. Labor virtue honor.
S. ELLIS.
J. WILLSON.
[68][361]
[LXX]DOCTOR FREDERICK HENRY ROSE.
[Kindness and Humanity of Doctor Rose.]
James Buchanan, President of the United States. ℞. To Dr.Frederick Rose, Assistant Surgeon, Royal Navy, G.B.
PAQUET.[69][362]
[LXXI]PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
[Sixteenth President of the United States of America.]
Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States 1862.
S. ELLIS.[70][366]
[LXXIIa]NAVY MEDAL OF HONOR.
PAQUET.[71][367]
[LXXIIb]ARMY MEDAL OF HONOR.
PAQUET.[72][368]
[LXXIII]MAJOR-GENERAL ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT.
[Victories of Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga.]
Major General Ulysses S. Grant. Joint Resolution of Congress December 17. 1863. ℞. Donelson, Vicksburg, etc.
ANTROBUS.
PAQUET.
[73][370]
[LXXIV]CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.
[Free Gift of Steamship Vanderbilt.]
A grateful country to her generous son Cornelius Vanderbilt. ℞. Bis dat qui tempori dat. 1865.
LEUTZE.
S. ELLIS.
[74][406]
[LXXV]PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON.
[Seventeenth President of the United States of America.]
Andrew Johnson, President of the United States. 1865. ℞. Peace.
PAQUET.[75][410]
[LXXVI]WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP SAN FRANCISCO.
[Testimonial of National Gratitude.]
By joint resolution of Congress to the rescuers of the passengers officers and men of steamship San Francisco, etc. ℞. July 26 1866.
PAQUET.[75][410]
[LXXVII]CYRUS WEST FIELD.
[Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable.]
Honor and fame are the reward. ℞. By resolution of the Congress of the United States. March 2, 1867. to Cyrus W. Field, of New York, etc.
J. G. BRUFF.
BARBER.
[77][418]
[LXXVIII]GEORGE PEABODY.
[Promotion of Universal Education.]
℞. The people of the United States to George Peabody, etc.
[78][421]
[LXXIX]PRESIDENT ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT.
[Eighteenth President of the United States of America.]
United States of America. Liberty justice and equality "Let us have peace." ℞. On earth peace good will toward men.
PAQUET.[79][429]
[LXXX]GEORGE FOSTER ROBINSON.
[Heroic Conduct.]
To George F. Robinson. Awarded by the Congress of the United States, March 1, 1871.
G. Y. COFFIN.
PAQUET.
[80][430]
[LXXXI]LOSS OF THE STEAMER METIS.
[Courage and Humanity.]
By Resolution of Congress February 24, 1873.
W. & C. BARBER.[81][434]
[LXXXII]CENTENNIAL MEDAL.
[Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence.]
These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States. ℞. In commemoration of the hundredth anniversary.
W. BARBER.[82][438]
[LXXXIII]CENTENNIAL MEDAL.
[Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence.]
These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States. ℞. By authority of the Congress, etc.
W. BARBER.[83][440]
[LXXXIV]LIFE SAVING MEDAL OF THE FIRST CLASS.
[Saving Life from the Perils of the Sea.]
Life Saving medal of the first class. United States of America. ℞. In testimony of heroic deeds, etc.
PAQUET.[84][441]
[LXXXV]LIFE SAVING MEDAL OF THE SECOND CLASS.
[Saving Life from the Perils of the Sea.]
Life Saving medal of the second class. United States of America. ℞. In testimony of heroic deeds, etc.
PAQUET.[85][453]
[LXXXVI]JOHN HORN, JR.
[Heroic Exploits.]
John Horn, Jr. ℞. By Act of Congress June 20th 1874. In recognition of his heroic exploits, etc.
C. BARBER.[86][457]

THE MEDALLIC HISTORY
OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
1776-1876.

[Plate I.] [No. 1.]

March 17, 1776.

Georgio Washington svpremo dvci exercitvvm adsertori libertatis Comitia Americana. ℞.[26] Hostibus primo fugatis.