Collection Highlights
"In relation to Foreign Nations." Draft of Federalist #64
Date:
ca. 1788
Object Number:
MSS.JohnJayPapers.1
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Waist belt
Object Number:
1934.81a
Date:
1860-1875
Medium:
Cotton, brass, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 80 x 6.4 cm )
Marks:
cast, applied: plate: "G"
Description:
Cotton and brass belt; white canvas belt with corner-cut, rectangular brass plate at right end; tin letter applied to plate front.
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this belt was used by the donor while a member of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, from 1870 to 1877.
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry Pearl Talmadge
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
