Key used by Winfield Scott
name: label: associated person
content: Scott, Winfield
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Iron key used by United States Army General Winfield Scott. A brass tag attached to the object reads "538 17th Str. Gen. Scott." 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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. E. M. Chapman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.18980
label: catalog number
content: 18980
label: accession number
content: 62555
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Key
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 in x 1/4 in; 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm x .635 cm