RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
Edward Preble medal, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
medal; Personal; Commemorative
Date made: 1806
1804
associated date: 1804
issuing authority: Congress of the United States
associated person: Reich, John
obverse engraver: Reich, John
reverse engraver: Reich, John
manufacturer: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: cast, electroplated (overall production method)
lead, bronzed (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 64.2 mm; x 2 1/2 in
Credit line: Library of Congress
Commodore Edward Preble medal, United States, 1806
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Date made: 1806
obverse engraver: Reich, John
reverse engraver: Reich, John
manufacturer: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: electrotype (overall production method)
bronze (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements: overall: 64 mm; x 2 1/2 in
medal
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Date made: 1806
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: 65 mm; x 2 9/16 in
Edward Preble medal, United States, 1806
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Date made: 1806
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: 64.8 mm; x 2 9/16 in
Description (Brief): One (1) Edward Preble medal
United States, 1806
Obverse Image: Left facing portrait of Commodore Edward Preble.
Obverse Text: EDWARDO / PREBLE / DUCI / STRENUO / COMITIA / AMERICANA
Reverse Image: Scene of the naval Battle of Tripoli.
Reverse Text: VINDICI / COMMERCII / AMERICANI / ANTE / TRIPOLI / MDDCCCIV
Edward Preble medal, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
medal; Personal; Commemorative
date on object: 1804
date made: 1884
associated date: 1804
1884
issuing authority: Congress of the United States
associated person: Reich, John
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: 64.8 mm; x 2 9/16 in
Credit line: Library of Congress
Indian Peace Medal, Thomas Jefferson, United States, 1801
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: medal
date made: 1801
Associated Name: Jefferson, Thomas
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: 10.06 cm; 3 31/32 in
Topics: Indian Peace Medal
1 Cent, Pattern, United States, 1792
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
Date made: 1792
mint: United States Mint
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:;
Credit line: United States Mint
Description (Brief): One (1) cent coin, pattern
United States, 1792
Obverse Image: Right facing bust of Liberty.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY PARENT OF SCIENCE & INDUST: / 1792
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ONE CENT / 1/100
Margaret McKay
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: picture
silk, embroidery
date made: 1806-1809
maker: McKay, Margaret
place made: United States: New York, New York City
Physical Description: silk (ground material)
wood (frame material)
silk (embroidery threads material)
water color (painting material)
ink (inscription material)
Measurements: overall: 26 in x 22 in; 66.04 cm x 55.88 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Frances C. Land
Publisher: Ring, Betty. Girlhood Embroidery, American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework
Topics: Embroidered Pictures
Textiles
Description: After a young lady learned to embroider a sampler, she might attend a female academy to make a silk embroidered picture. This was a more challenging technique that became popular in the early 1800s. Subjects included classical, biblical, and historical scenes, as well as mourning pictures.
This pastoral scene shows a young man seated under a tree with a horn slung over his shoulder, and holding a piece of bread (?). Before him stands a young woman carrying a sack, at which a dog is sniffing. The oval scene is surrounded by a single line of stem stitch, 1/4" beyond the picture. The border is embroidered with an undulating ribbon tied in a bow at the lower edge and entwined with sprays of roses, lilies, morning glories, carnations, daisies, and other flowers. At the lower edge of the oval embroidery, printed in ink, is the inscription: "MARGARET McKAY M. E. & A. SKETCHLEY's BOARDING SCHOOL HAERLEM LANE." The picture is worked on a twill-weave ivory silk ground and the stitches used are satin, long and short, stem, straight, chain, and French knot.
The Sketchley’s school continued at Haerlem Lane in Poughkeepise, NY from 1801 until 1804. The name “M. E. & A. Sketchley” and the address or town, were usually worked on the silk embroideries of their students. The Sketchleys also taught in North Carolina and Virginia. The embroideries include elegant scenes in the neoclassical taste, but lack any distinct characteristics that would help identify unsigned pieces.
Margaret McKay is probably the sister of Capt. George Knox McKay (1791-1814). Her embroidery descended in his family until it was given to the National Museum of American History.
1 Cent, United States, 1792 (electrotype)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
Date made: 1792
mint: United States Mint
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:;
Credit line: Chase Manhattan
1/2 Disme, Pattern, United States, 1792
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
Date made: 1792
mint: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: silver (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall:;
Credit line: Chase Manhattan Bank
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 disme coin, pattern
United States, 1792
Obverse Image: Left facing bust of Liberty with curly hair.
Obverse Text: LIB. PAR. OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY / 1792
Reverse Image: Flying eagle.
Reverse Text: UNI. STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DISME
1/2 Disme, Pattern, United States, 1792
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date made: 1792
mint: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: silver (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 1.7 cm; 1/32 in x 21/32 in
Credit line: United States Mint
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 disme coin, pattern
United States, 1792
Obverse Image: Left facing head of Liberty with flowing hair.
Obverse Text: LIB. PAR. OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY / 1792
Reverse Image: Flying eagle.
Reverse Text: UNI. STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DISME
[None]
1 Disme, Pattern, United States, 1792
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
date made: 1792
mint: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
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: .1 cm x 2.7 cm; 1/32 in x 1 1/16 in
Credit line: Transfer from the United States Mint
Publisher: Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms, http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
Description: United States Mint, Philadelphia. Obverse: Liberty head left, with unbound hair; date below. Reverse: Small eagle, DISME below. The term "disme" was the original choice of the name for a tenth of a dollar. It was probably pronounced "deem."
Adam Eckfeldt created the obverse die. William Birch was likely responsible for the reverse die. Henry Voigt did the actual coining. This activity was taking place in a completed section of the new United States Mint. The workers were constructing the rest of the building!
This piece is one of a dozen of these patterns known.
[reference no. Judd 1792]
1/2 Disme, Pattern, United States, 1794
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
Date made: 1794
mint: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
place made: United States
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: ae (overall material)
copper (overall metal)
0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 16.4 mm; 21/32 in
Credit line: United States Mint
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 disme coin, pattern
United States, 1794
Obverse Image: Right facing bust of Liberty.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1794
Reverse Image: Eagle.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DISME
50 Cents, Trial, United States, 1794
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
trial
Date made: 1794
mint: United States Mint
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
struck (overall production method)
0 (overall die axis)
copper (overall metal)
Measurements: overall:;
Credit line: Stack's
Description (Brief): One (1) 50 cent coin, trial
United States, 1794
Obverse Image: Right facing bust of Liberty.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1794
Reverse Image: Eagle within wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Henry Lee at Paulus Hook, United States, 1779 (U.S. Mint copy dies: Original obverse die paired with later Barber reverse)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Medal
Date made: 1779
obverse engraver: Wright, Joseph
reverse engraver: Wright, Joseph
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: 45.3 mm; 1 25/32 in
Topics: Comitia Americana
Description (Brief): One (1) Henry Lee at Paulus Hook medal
United States (France), 1779
Obverse Image: Right- facing portrait bust of Lee in frock coat and vest.
Obverse Text: HENRICO LEE LEGIONIS EQUIT. PRAEFECTO / COMITIA AMERICANA / J. WRIGHT
Reverse Image: Text within a wreath.
Reverse Text: NON OBSTANTIB / FLUMINIBUS VALLIS / ASTUTIA & VIRTUTE BELLICA / PARVA MANU HOSTES VICIT / VICTOSQ. / ARMIS HUMANITATE / DEVINXIT. / IN MEM PUGN AD PAULUS / HOOK DIE XIX / AUG. 1779
General Information: U.S. Mint copy dies: Original obverse die paired with later Barber reverse.
NON OBSTANTIBUS FLUMINIBUS VALLIS ASTUTIA & VIRTUTE BELLICA PARVA MANU HOSTES VICIT VICTOSQ.
ARMIS HUMANITATE DEVINXIT. IN MEMORIAM PAULUS HOOKE DIE XIX. AUG. 1779
1780 - 1820 Wool Quilt
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: quilt
quilt; Household Textile
date made: 1780-1820
maker: unknown
place made: United States: Massachusetts
Physical Description: fabric, wool (overall material)
thread, wool (overall material)
filling, wool (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 98 in x 97 in; 249 cm x 246 cm
Topics: Quilts
Furnishings
Textiles
Description: This green wool quilt, crafted in the late 18th-early 19th century has a lovely quilted motif of a large tree with flowers and branches stitched in feathered arcs reaching from the bottom edge of the quilt almost to the top. The tree is flanked by two long curving feathered vines and framed by bands of feathered quilting on the edges. Background quilting of parallel lines sets off the motif. Quilting is 6 stitches per inch.
Plain-weave green wool is used for the top, yellow plain-weave wool for the lining. The filling is wool as is both the sewing and quilting threads. This Massachusetts quilt by an unknown maker is a beautiful example of whole cloth wool quilting.
Joseph's Dream
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: picture, embroidered
date made: 1809
sister of maker: Dexter, Almira
maker: Dexter, Lucy
place made: United States: New Hampshire, Claremont
Physical Description: silk (ground material)
silk (thread material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 25 in x 32 in; 63.5 cm x 81.28 cm
overall: 28 in x 34 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 71.12 cm x 87.63 cm x 3.81 cm
Credit line: The Eleanor and Mabel van Alstyne Marsh American Folk Art Collection
Publisher: Ring, Betty. Girlhood Embroidery, American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework, PieceWork
Topics: Embroidered Pictures
Bible
Religion
Holy Family
Textiles
Description: After a young lady learned to embroider a sampler, she might attend a female academy to make a silk embroidered picture. This was a more challenging technique that became popular in the early 1800s. Subjects included classical, biblical, and historical scenes, as well as mourning pictures.
In an oval with a 1/4" silver wire outline is Joseph, with his dog, asleep under a tree near a stream. To the right are wheat-sheaves in a field, three buildings, and three palm trees, with mountains in the distance. In the foreground are low-growing plants, some of them surrounded by areas of seed-stitching characteristic of embroidery done at Abby Wright's school in South Hadley, Massachusetts. The top third of the border is embroidered with a garland of roses and buds. The rest of the border is painted with a vine bearing sweet peas, bleeding hearts, lilies, carnations, and other flowers. The entire ground of the border is painted (watercolor) in a cream color. The picture is embroidered on a white silk ground, and the stitches used are satin, seed, straight, outline, French knot, and couching.
The subject of this embroidery is a story from the Bible found in Genesis 37 and 42. Joseph had a dream that he and his brothers were binding sheaves of grain out in the field. Suddenly his sheaf rose and stood upright, while his brothers’ sheaves gathered around his and bowed down to it. His brothers were very angry with him and sold him to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt. Joseph’s dream did come true when later in life he became governor of Egypt. A famine occurred in Canaan and his father Jacob had heard that they had grain in Egypt and sent his brothers to Egypt to buy food. When they got to Egypt they bowed down to Joseph, not realizing he was their brother.
This embroidery was not done in South Hadley at Abby Wright’s school, but in Claremont, New Hampshire, with the teacher Sophia Goodrich. Sophia was a half sister to Abby Wright and attended Abby’s school in South Hadley, Massachusetts in 1804. In November 1809, she returned to take over the school.
Lucy Dexter was born on February 4, 1796, to David and Parnel Strobridge Dexter in Claremont, New Hampshire. Lucy died unmarried on February 17, 1821. (See Almira Dexter’s embroidery.) For more information about this embroidery see <i>Piecework,</i> March/April 2007, “Three American Schoolgirl Silk Embroideries from the Smithsonian” by Sheryl De Jong.
LUCY DEXTER, A. 14: 1809.
JOSEPH'S DREAM - Genesis xli. 1-14
1 Dollar, United States, 1804 (cast)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
Date made: 1804
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: 0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
cast (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 38 mm; x 1 1/2 in
1 Dollar, United States, 1795 (cast)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: coin
Date made: 1795
place made: United States
place of issue: United States
Physical Description: 0 (overall die axis)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
cast (overall production method)
Measurements: overall: 39 mm; x 1 9/16 in
print, fashion plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print, Fashion Plate
Date made: 1807
maker: unknown
place made: France: Île-de-France, Paris
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
engraved/hand-colored (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: average spatial: 4 3/4 in x 7 3/4 in; x 12.065 cm x 19.685 cm
print, fashion plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print, Fashion Plate
Date made: 1808
maker: unknown
place made: France: Île-de-France, Paris
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
engraved/hand-colored (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: average spatial: 4 3/4 in x 7 3/4 in; x 12.065 cm x 19.685 cm
print, fashion plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print, Fashion Plate
Date made: 1809
maker: unknown
place made: France: Île-de-France, Paris
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
engraved/hand-colored (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: average spatial: 4 3/4 in x 7 3/4 in; x 12.065 cm x 19.685 cm
print, fashion plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print, Fashion Plate
Date made: 1809
1809
maker: unknown
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
engraved/hand-colored (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: average spatial: 5 1/2 in x 9 1/4 in; x 13.97 cm x 23.495 cm
1/2 Cent, United States, 1794
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1794
mint: United States Mint
obverse designer: Scot, Robert
reverse designer: Scot, Robert
obverse engraver: Scot, Robert
reverse engraver: Scot, Robert
designer: Scot, Robert
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: 1.8 mm x 23.4 mm; 1/16 in x 29/32 in
Credit line: Finn, Howard
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1794
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty with cap over her shoulder.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1794
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
1/2 Cent, United States, 1795
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1795
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
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: 1.4 mm x 23.74 mm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in
Credit line: Finn, Howard
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1795
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty with cap over her shoulder.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1795
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
General Information: No pole. Plain edge.
1/2 Cent
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1800
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
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: 1.4 mm x 23.3 mm; 1/16 in x 29/32 in
Credit line: Finn, Howard
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1800
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1800
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
1/2 Cent, United States, 1803
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1803
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
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: 1.5 mm x 23.6 mm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in
Credit line: Finn, Howard
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1803
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1803
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
1/2 Cent, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
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: 1.5 mm x 23.5 mm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in
Credit line: Finn, Howard
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
1/2 Cent, United States, 1804
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1804
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
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: 1.5 mm x 23.3 mm; 1/16 in x 29/32 in
Credit line: Finn, Howard
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1804
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1804
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
1/2 Cent, United States, 1805
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1805
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
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: 1.3 mm x 23.5 mm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in
Credit line: Finn, Howard
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1805
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1805
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
1/2 Cent, United States, 1806
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1806
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
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: 1.4 mm x 23.4 mm; 1/16 in x 29/32 in
Credit line: Finn, Howard
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1806
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1806
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
General Information: Rotated dies
1/2 Cent, United States, 1806
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Coin
Date made: 1806
mint: United States Mint
designer: Scot, Robert
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: 1.3 mm x 23.5 mm; 1/16 in x 15/16 in
Credit line: Finn, Howard
Description (Brief): One (1) 1/2 cent coin
United States, 1806
Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty, draped bust.
Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1806
Reverse Image: Wreath.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF CENT / 1/200
General Information: Small 6