Key to Adjutant General's office at the War Department
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Key to the door of the office of the Adjutant General in the old War Department building in Washington, D. C. The metal skeleton key has an attached tag reading "1". This object is 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 War Department during the American Civil War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: Subject
content: Army
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.18982
label: catalog number
content: 18982
label: accession number
content: 62555
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Key
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in x 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 4.1275 cm x 1.27 cm