Washington National Monument Scoiety
name: label: recipient
content: Copp, Jr., Samuel
notes: label: Description
content: This is a certificate from the Washington National Monument Society to Samuel Copp, Esquire for his contribution of one dollar to the Society’s fundraising efforts. The Washington National Monument Society was organized in 1833 by such early American luminaries like Zachary Taylor, James Madison, and Chief Justice John Marshall. Plans for a monument to Washington had been discussed since 1783, and the Society decided to take action to push these plans through. Fundraising was a major issue for the Society and this certificate shows the willingness of the Copp family to participate in the memorialization of the nation’s first President. The certificate includes vignettes of the proposed Washington Monument with a pantheon and as an obelisk, a medallion portrait of George Washington in the center flanked by Justice and Liberty, and a portrait of Washington's grave at Mount Vernon at the bottom center. The certificate is signed by Zachary Taylor, president; George Watterston, secretary; and Elisha Whittlesey, general agent, and Joseph E. Woodworth, agent.
label: Description
content: The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New England
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Copp Collection
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Brenton Copp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.006879.08
label: catalog number
content: 6879.08
label: accession number
content: 28810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: certificate
label: Other Terms
content: Sheet (Paper); Picture; Printed
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 11 5/8 in x 9 in; 2.2225 cm x 29.5275 cm x 22.86 cm