Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Seal (facsimile)
Object Number:
INV.4861c
Date:
1825-1925
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 0.3 x 4.8 cm )
Marks:
intaglio (inverted): around edge of obverse: "WALTER RALEGE[sic] . . . GARD REG ET GUBERNATOR INSULAE DE IERSEY . . ."
stamped: on reverse: "217"
Description:
Metal disk with intaglio image of knight on horseback in center of obverse surrounded by intaglio inscriptions, facsimile of the seal of office of the Governor of the Island of Jersey used by Sir Walter Raleigh.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
