Collection Highlights
The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
Date:
1885-1886
Object Number:
LIB.XL.CT.G763.A3
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Flag with envelope
Object Number:
1941.1064ab
Date:
1861-1865
Medium:
Silk, paper
Dimensions:
Part (envelope): 3 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (7.9 x 14 cm)
Overall (flag): 3 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. (7.9 x 13.7 cm)
Marks:
hand written: on envelope: "Union/ Forever./ The Star Spangled/ Banner O! long/ may it wave/ over the land of/ the free and the/ home of thr Brave/ E. M. Stanford/ Hartford/ Conn."
Description:
Hand sewn U.S. flag with fourteen white embroidered 'x' stars; nine red and white stripes; white envelope with pink printed lines across the front and a U.S. flag topped with a liberty cap printed in pink and blue along the left edge, canton has thirty-four stars in two circles around one large star; brown handwriting above and below the flag and in the center of the envelope.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Sol Salinger, in memory of Sol Salinger
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
