Naval Victory Broadside
date: label: date made
content: 1812-09-19
name: label: owners
content: Copp Family
notes: label: Description
content: This broadside advertised the naval victory of Captain William Henry Allen and the USS brig <I>Argus</I> over Captain R. P. Davis commanding the HMS <I>Barbados</I> during the War of 1812.
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: South Carolina, Charleston
label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston, Charlestown
label: place owned
content: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
topic: label: Subject
content: Naval History
label: Subject
content: War of 1812
label: related event
content: War of 1812
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Copp Collection
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.006513.09
label: accession number
content: 28810
label: catalog number
content: 6513.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: broadside
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper, laid (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 23.1775 cm x 15.875 cm