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Commemorative Certificate

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1866

GUSN

GUSN-56086

Description

Framed certificate of promotion for Samuel Miller Quincy to Brigadeer General. Polychrome engraving w/ elaborate detail.

Details

Descriptive Terms

certificates
commemoratives
paper (fiber product)
armed forces
Unidentified Paper
Military
Certificate, Commemorative

Associated Person

Quincy, Samuel M. (Samuel Miller), 1833-1887

Associated Building

Original to Josiah Quincy House (Quincy, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

20.25 x 16.625 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Edmund Quincy

Accession Number

1988.85

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