Collection Highlights
An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: comprehending a view of the principal transactions in the revolution of Saint Domingo; with its antient and modern state
Date:
1805
Object Number:
LIB.F1923.R15.1
Medium:
Paper, book
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Metal fragment from U.S.S. Monitor
Object Number:
2008.42.395
Date:
ca. 1862
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
0verall: 26.5 x 72.2 x 121.5mm (1 1/16 x 2 13/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Description:
Metal fragment; according to the paper label affixed to this piece, it is a plate from the turret of U.S.S. Monitor, discarded by Ericsson just after its victorious engagement with the Confederate vessel Merrimac in 1862.
Gallery Label:
According to documentation in the Naval History Society records, this piece and three others were donated in 1921 by Harry Lydenberg, New York Public Library.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
