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George Washington Before Boston, United States, 1790
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
Date made: 1790
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck; electroplated (overall production method)
lead, bronzed (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 68.1 mm; 2 11/16 in
Credit line: Stack's
Topics: Comitia Americana
Description (Brief): One (1) George Washington Before Boston medal
United States (France), 1790
Obverse Image: Right facing portrait bust of Washington based on Houdon's work.
Obverse Text: GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS / COMITIA AMERICANA / DUVIVIER / PARIS. F.
Reverse Image: Washington on horseback speaks with four mounted officers beside several cannons from Fort Ticonderoga; in the background the Continental Army runs toward Boston and eight British ships sail in retreat.
Reverse Text: HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS / BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM / XVII MARTII / MDCCLXXVI / DUVIV.
General Information: Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier.
Description: On March 20, 1776, General George Washington wrote to the Continental Congress declaring his victory over General Howe and the retreat of the British from Boston Harbor. The following day, Secretary John Adams proposed that Washington receive a gold medal for his successful leadership. It was the first Congressional gold medal awarded to a soldier and the first Comitia Americana medal to be commissioned. The medal’s design and production involved a lengthy process with two failed committees and multiple design attempts. In all it took more than 14 years before Washington received his medal, the sixth Comitia Americana produced despite being the first commissioned.
HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS
BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM XVII MARTII MDCCCLXXVI.
George Washington Before Boston, United States, 1790
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
Date made: 1790
associated date: 1776 03 17
depicted: Washington, George
issuing authority: Congress of the United States
manufacturer: Paris Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 68.6 mm; 2 11/16 in
Topics: Comitia Americana
Siege of Boston
Description (Brief): One (1) George Washington Before Boston medal
United States (France), 1790
Obverse Image: Right facing portrait bust of Washington based on Houdon's work.
Obverse Text: GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS / COMITIA AMERICANA / DUVIVIER / PARIS. F.
Reverse Image: Washington on horseback speaks with four mounted officers beside several cannons from Fort Ticonderoga; in the background the Continental Army runs toward Boston and eight British ships sail in retreat.
Reverse Text: HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS / BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM / XVII MARTII / MDCCLXXVI / DUVIV.
General Information: Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier.
Description: On March 20, 1776, General George Washington wrote to the Continental Congress declaring his victory over General Howe and the retreat of the British from Boston Harbor. The following day, Secretary John Adams proposed that Washington receive a gold medal for his successful leadership. It was the first Congressional gold medal awarded to a soldier and the first Comitia Americana medal to be commissioned. The medal’s design and production involved a lengthy process with two failed committees and multiple design attempts. In all it took more than 14 years before Washington received his medal, the sixth Comitia Americana produced despite being the first commissioned.
HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS
BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM XVII MARTII MDCCCLXXVI
George Washington Before Boston, United States, 1790
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
Date made: 1790
associated date: 1776 03 17
depicted: Washington, George
issuing authority: Congress of the United States
manufacturer: Paris Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
associated place: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 68.8 mm; 2 23/32 in
Topics: Comitia Americana
Siege of Boston
Description (Brief): One (1) George Washington Before Boston medal
United States (France), 1790
Obverse Image: Right facing portrait bust of Washington based on Houdon's work.
Obverse Text: GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS / COMITIA AMERICANA / DUVIVIER / PARIS. F.
Reverse Image: Washington on horseback speaks with four mounted officers beside several cannons from Fort Ticonderoga; in the background the Continental Army runs toward Boston and eight British ships sail in retreat.
Reverse Text: HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS / BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM / XVII MARTII / MDCCLXXVI / DUVIV.
General Information: Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier.
Description: On March 20, 1776, General George Washington wrote to the Continental Congress declaring his victory over General Howe and the retreat of the British from Boston Harbor. The following day, Secretary John Adams proposed that Washington receive a gold medal for his successful leadership. It was the first Congressional gold medal awarded to a soldier and the first Comitia Americana medal to be commissioned. The medal’s design and production involved a lengthy process with two failed committees and multiple design attempts. In all it took more than 14 years before Washington received his medal, the sixth Comitia Americana produced despite being the first commissioned.
HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS
BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM XVII MARTII MDCCCLXXVI
George Washington Before Boston, United States, 1790
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Date made: 1790
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 68.3 mm; 2 11/16 in
Credit line: Maria H. Stinchfield
Topics: Comitia Americana
Description (Brief): One (1) George Washington Before Boston medal
United States (France), 1790
Obverse Image: Right facing portrait bust of Washington based on Houdon's work.
Obverse Text: GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS / COMITIA AMERICANA / DUVIVIER / PARIS. F.
Reverse Image: Washington on horseback speaks with four mounted officers beside several cannons from Fort Ticonderoga; in the background the Continental Army runs toward Boston and eight British ships sail in retreat.
Reverse Text: HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS / BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM / XVII MARTII / MDCCLXXVI / DUVIV.
General Information: Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier.
Description: On March 20, 1776, General George Washington wrote to the Continental Congress declaring his victory over General Howe and the retreat of the British from Boston Harbor. The following day, Secretary John Adams proposed that Washington receive a gold medal for his successful leadership. It was the first Congressional gold medal awarded to a soldier and the first Comitia Americana medal to be commissioned. The medal’s design and production involved a lengthy process with two failed committees and multiple design attempts. In all it took more than 14 years before Washington received his medal, the sixth Comitia Americana produced despite being the first commissioned.
HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS
BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM XVII MARTII MDCC
George Washington Before Boston, United States, 1790 (U.S. Mint)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
Date made: 1790
manufacturer: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 68 mm; 2 11/16 in
Topics: Comitia Americana
Description (Brief): One (1) George Washington Before Boston medal
United States (France), 1790
Obverse Image: Right facing portrait bust of Washington based on Houdon's work.
Obverse Text: GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS / COMITIA AMERICANA / DUVIVIER / PARIS. F.
Reverse Image: Washington on horseback speaks with four mounted officers beside several cannons from Fort Ticonderoga; in the background the Continental Army runs toward Boston and eight British ships sail in retreat.
Reverse Text: HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS / BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM / XVII MARTII / MDCCLXXVI / DUVIV.
General Information: Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier.
Description: On March 20, 1776, General George Washington wrote to the Continental Congress declaring his victory over General Howe and the retreat of the British from Boston Harbor. The following day, Secretary John Adams proposed that Washington receive a gold medal for his successful leadership. It was the first Congressional gold medal awarded to a soldier and the first Comitia Americana medal to be commissioned. The medal’s design and production involved a lengthy process with two failed committees and multiple design attempts. In all it took more than 14 years before Washington received his medal, the sixth Comitia Americana produced despite being the first commissioned.
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BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM XVII MARTII MDCCCLXXVI
Combination Portable Horizontal Sundial and Perpetual Calendar, Perpetual Box-Almanack and Geographical Mirror
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: sundial
sundial
Date made: ca 1800
maker: Saunders, Thomas
Saunders, Thomas
Measurements: overall: 4.9 cm x 9.1 cm x 8.5 cm; 1 15/16 in x 3 19/32 in x 3 11/32 in
Topics: Science
Mathematics
Timekeeping
Description: This English horizontal sundial and perpetual calendar is stored in a round leather case. The case is hinged, has a brass hook for fastening, and is lined with light blue satin and coarse green felt. The instrument has a wooden container with removable lid. Inside the container is a sundial with compass affixed to a wooden base that lifts out of the case. The wooden base is painted red around the edge and a decorative pattern of blue, black, and gold on the top. The hour ring is silvered brass with a blade gnomon that folds up. The hour ring is calibrated from VIII to XII to IV by hours, subdivided for half-hours. Underneath the hour ring is a compass with glass cover. The compass rose has sixteen lettered points. The rose is colored with red ink, black stripes, and a multicolored pattern. A fleur de lis is at North. The outside of the compass is calibrated from 0 to 90 by tens four times (e.g. 0 to 90 down to 0 up to 90 and then down to 0). The wooden container is covered with printed paper and shellac. Ivory dials (2.7 cm in diameter) are nailed and screwed to the center of the top and the bottom. The top of the container contains a perpetual calendar for the years 1793 to 1832--NMAH*330846, a flyer of instructions for this instrument, explains that “1792” appears under dominical letter G in error. (“1837”also appears under A in error, as there was no room to include the years 1833-1836.) The ivory dial is marked with dominical letters and days of the month. The dial turns so that it may be set against a round chart of months and days of the week. A chart outside this ring gives the dominical letters for the years 1792 to 1832. The outermost chart tells the number of days in each month, the first day of each season, and saints’ days and other holidays. Most notable is the birthday, coronation, accession, and procession of George III, as well as the birthday of his wife, Charlotte. Perhaps the maker was Catholic, since the restoration of Charles II (29 May 1660) is also marked. An hour ring is on the edge.
English Calendar Medal
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: calendar medal
date made: ca 1790
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: metal (overall material)
Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 3.7 cm x 3.7 cm; 1/32 in x 1 15/32 in x 1 15/32 in
Topics: Calendars
Mathematics
Description: This instrument consists of two metal discs that fit into opposite sides a larger metal disc that has raised edges. The three discs are pivoted at the center. Around the rim of one smaller disc, going clockwise, are the digits from 1 to 31. This disc has the inscription: DAY of the MONTH FOR EVER. Around the rim of the larger disc on this side, also arranged clockwise, are letters corresponding to days of the week (e.g. [one dot],S, M, T, W, T, F, S, [two dots], S, M, T, W, T, F, S, [three dots], S, M, T, W, T, F, S [four dots], S, M, T, W, T, F, S .
On the reverse side, the inner ring is inscribed: MOON’S AGE PHASES & SOUTHING. It then has a ring of Roman numerals that run from I to XII twice. These give (roughly) the time at which the moon passes through the meridian of the place – its southing. Along the rim of the inner disc are the numbers from 1 to 30. An N (new moon) is at 1 and an F (full moon) at 15. The space between the ring of Roman numerals and the ring of Arabic numerals is partly textured and partly smooth, with the smoother regions corresponding to greater moonlight (thus at full moon, the entire region is smooth, while at new moon it is textured). The rim of the larger ring also once again has letters corresponding to the days of the week for twenty-eight days (one W is missing)
The object came to the Smithsonian from the collection of Henry Russell Wray.
This calendar medal closely resembles two described in detail by Ackerman. She suggests they are late eighteenth century English devices.
Reference:
Silke Ackermann, “Maths and Memory: Calendar Medals in the British Museum Part II,” <I>The Medal</I>, Spring, 2005, vol. 46, esp. pp. 17-18. These are medals 110 and 111 in the catalog. They have British Museum catalog numbers 1901,1115.30 and 1901,1115.31.
George Washington Before Boston, United States, 1790
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
Date made: 1790
associated date: 1776 03 17
associated person: Washington, George
Duvivier, Benjamin
manufacturer: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
associated place: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 68 mm; 2 11/16 in
Credit line: Library of Congress
Topics: Comitia Americana
Description (Brief): One (1) George Washington Before Boston medal
United States (France), 1790
Obverse Image: Right facing portrait bust of Washington based on Houdon's work.
Obverse Text: GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS / COMITIA AMERICANA / DUVIVIER / PARIS. F.
Reverse Image: Washington on horseback speaks with four mounted officers beside several cannons from Fort Ticonderoga; in the background the Continental Army runs toward Boston and eight British ships sail in retreat.
Reverse Text: HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS / BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM / XVII MARTII / MDCCLXXVI / DUVIV.
General Information: Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier.
Description: On March 20, 1776, General George Washington wrote to the Continental Congress declaring his victory over General Howe and the retreat of the British from Boston Harbor. The following day, Secretary John Adams proposed that Washington receive a gold medal for his successful leadership. It was the first Congressional gold medal awarded to a soldier and the first Comitia Americana medal to be commissioned. The medal’s design and production involved a lengthy process with two failed committees and multiple design attempts. In all it took more than 14 years before Washington received his medal, the sixth Comitia Americana produced despite being the first commissioned.
HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS
BOSTONUM RECUPERATUM XVII. MARTII MDCCCLXXVI.
George Washington Before Boston, United States, 1790
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Date made: 1790
associated date: 1776 03 17
associated person: Washington, George
obverse engraver: Duvivier, Benjamin
manufacturer: Paris Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
associated place: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 68.6 mm; 2 11/16 in
Credit line: Library of Congress
Topics: Comitia Americana
Description (Brief): One (1) George Washington Before Boston medal
United States (France), 1790
Obverse Image: Right facing portrait bust of Washington based on Houdon's work.
Obverse Text: GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS / COMITIA AMERICANA / DUVIVIER / PARIS. F.
Reverse Image: Washington on horseback speaks with four mounted officers beside several cannons from Fort Ticonderoga; in the background the Continental Army runs toward Boston and eight British ships sail in retreat.
Reverse Text: HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS / BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM / XVII MARTII / MDCCLXXVI / DUVIV.
General Information: Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier.
Description: On March 20, 1776, General George Washington wrote to the Continental Congress declaring his victory over General Howe and the retreat of the British from Boston Harbor. The following day, Secretary John Adams proposed that Washington receive a gold medal for his successful leadership. It was the first Congressional gold medal awarded to a soldier and the first Comitia Americana medal to be commissioned. The medal’s design and production involved a lengthy process with two failed committees and multiple design attempts. In all it took more than 14 years before Washington received his medal, the sixth Comitia Americana produced despite being the first commissioned.
HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS
BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM XVII MARTII MDCCCLXXVI
George Washington Before Boston, United States, 1790
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Medal; Presidential
Date made: 1790
associated person: Washington, George
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
manufacturer: Paris Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 68.6 mm; 2 11/16 in
Credit line: Paul A. Straub
Topics: Comitia Americana
Description (Brief): One (1) George Washington Before Boston medal
United States (France), 1790
Obverse Image: Right facing portrait bust of Washington based on Houdon's work.
Obverse Text: GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS / COMITIA AMERICANA / DUVIVIER / PARIS. F.
Reverse Image: Washington on horseback speaks with four mounted officers beside several cannons from Fort Ticonderoga; in the background the Continental Army runs toward Boston and eight British ships sail in retreat.
Reverse Text: HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS / BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM / XVII MARTII / MDCCLXXVI / DUVIV.
General Information: Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier.
Description: On March 20, 1776, General George Washington wrote to the Continental Congress declaring his victory over General Howe and the retreat of the British from Boston Harbor. The following day, Secretary John Adams proposed that Washington receive a gold medal for his successful leadership. It was the first Congressional gold medal awarded to a soldier and the first Comitia Americana medal to be commissioned. The medal’s design and production involved a lengthy process with two failed committees and multiple design attempts. In all it took more than 14 years before Washington received his medal, the sixth Comitia Americana produced despite being the first commissioned.
HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS
BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM XVII MARTII MDCCCLXXVI
George Washington Before Boston, United States, 1790
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
Date made: 1790
associated date: 1776 03 17
associated person: Washington, George
issuing authority: Congress of the United States
manufacturer: Paris Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 68.6 mm; 2 11/16 in
Topics: Comitia Americana
Siege of Boston
Description (Brief): One (1) George Washington Before Boston medal
United States (France), 1790
Obverse Image: Right facing portrait bust of Washington based on Houdon's work.
Obverse Text: GEORGIO WASHINGTON SVPREMO DVCI EXERCITVVM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS / COMITIA AMERICANA / DUVIVIER / PARIS. F.
Reverse Image: Washington on horseback speaks with four mounted officers beside several cannons from Fort Ticonderoga; in the background the Continental Army runs toward Boston and eight British ships sail in retreat.
Reverse Text: HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS / BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM / XVII MARTII / MDCCLXXVI / DUVIV.
General Information: Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier.
Description: On March 20, 1776, General George Washington wrote to the Continental Congress declaring his victory over General Howe and the retreat of the British from Boston Harbor. The following day, Secretary John Adams proposed that Washington receive a gold medal for his successful leadership. It was the first Congressional gold medal awarded to a soldier and the first Comitia Americana medal to be commissioned. The medal’s design and production involved a lengthy process with two failed committees and multiple design attempts. In all it took more than 14 years before Washington received his medal, the sixth Comitia Americana produced despite being the first commissioned.
HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS
BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM XVII MARTII MDCCCLXXVI
medal
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Date made: 1783
manufacturer: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
silver (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 41 mm; x 1 5/8 in
Washington and Franklin
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
Date made: 1805
date on object: 1783
associated date: 1783
associated person: Franklin, Benjamin
Washington, George
obverse engraver: Reich, John
reverse engraver: Reich, John
manufacturer: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 40.4 mm; x 1 9/16 in
Topics: Treaty of Paris (1783)
medal
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Date made: 1805
manufacturer: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: struck (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 40.4 mm; x 1 9/16 in
George Washington, General of the American Armies token, United States, 1792
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
token
Date made: 1792
associated date: 1792
1789
associated person: Washington, George
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: copper (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 30 mm; x 1 3/16 in
Description (Brief): One (1) Washington token
United States, 1792
Obverse Image: Bust of George Washington facing left.
Obverse Text: WASHINGTON PRESIDENT / 1792
Reverse Image: N/A
Reverse Text: GENERAL OF THE AMERICAN ARMIES 1776 RESIGNED 1783 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1789
General Information: Washington President, legend reverse type.