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Round wood box that is engraved with a scene of General Cornwallis surrendering to General George Washington.
boxes (containers)
wood (plant material)
Box
Reddition de la Ville d'Uln en 1805 (cut into)
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Battle of Yorktown (1781)
Unknown
15/16 x 3 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1211AB
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