McClellan's Chess Set
date: label: date made
content: 1860
name: label: user
content: McClellan, George B.
label: maker
content: Schuyler, Hartley & Graham
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Wooden box covered with black paper. Inscribed on the cover “Geo. B. McClellan.” Paper label on the inside of cover bearing maker's name and address “Schuyler, Hartley & Graham, 19 Maiden Lane, New York.” One white pawn and one black knight are missing.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: Used by George McClellan during the Civil War.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Games
label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hon. George B. McClellan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.17501
label: catalog number
content: 17501
label: accession number
content: 61384
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chessmen, set of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 7 3/16 in x 5 in; 10.16 cm x 18.2118 cm x 12.7 cm