Paper cutter used by Winfield Scott
date: label: Associated Date
content: 1861
name: label: associated person
content: Scott, Winfield
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Ivory paper cutter and folder used by United States Army General Winfield Scott. An inscription on the face of the object reads "PAPER-FOLDER USED BY GEN. L SCOTT IN 1861." Part of the General Edward D. Townsend collection of relics of the War of 1812, Mexican War, and Civil War. Townsend was the principal executive officer of the US War Department during the American Civil War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Communication, letter writing
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.18979
label: catalog number
content: 18979
label: accession number
content: 62555
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Folder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 1 in x 1/4 in; 22.86 cm x 2.54 cm x .635 cm