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Speech of His Excellency George Washington, Esq; president of the United States of America, delivered to the Honorable the Congress
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Object Number:
LIB.SY.1789.39

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Cleaning supplies
1962-1980
Swizzle stick/ noise maker
1940-1960
Game
ca. 1985
Ribbon
1903
Medal
1906
Peacock Alley, The Waldorf-Astoria
Sestertius in envelope: Trajan on face
Pin-back campaign button
1940
Benjamin Harrison Indian Peace Medal
1890-1900
Octant in case
1850-1870
Trousers
1941-1946
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1920-1940
Condom tin
1931-1940
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1985-2000
Lieutenant-Colonel Francois Louis Tessiedre DeFleury
1880
Seal press with New York Chamber of Commerce seal
ca. 1770, ca. 1850
Epaulets (pair) in storage box
ca. 1867
Indian Stone ax head or adze
Late Woodland period
Medicine bottle with stopper
1860-1890
Pistol balls (7) excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Ashtray
1901
Medicine tin
1880-1910
Pill box
1940-1960
Tobacco
1940-1960
Pinback button
1890-1920
Civil War token
1863
Ribbon
1885
Commemorative cane
2005
1195 ‎Nègre
1880-1920
Colllection of marbles in box
1800-1920
Needle case
late 18th-early 19th Century
Cartridge Pouch
1830-1850
Box
1890-1920
Pinback button
1997
Playing card
1940-1960
Bottle
1930-1960
Campaign token
1936-1940
Medal: Kings County HS 1911
1911 or later
The Rainbow Grill
Bicentennial of the City of Albany Commemorative Medal
1886
Seal: good fellowship
ca.1911
Ribbon
1856
Sewing box
1860-1900
Merrill Carbine, Second Type
1863
Coin
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1906-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1930-1960
Coin/ periodical
1920-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1997
National Arts Club
ca. 1960-1980
Nutmeg grater/tobbaco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
The Improved Game of Snap
1889
Chest of drawers
1825-1875
Gavel:...Edwd. H. Kent...
1881
The Commander of Our Forces: A Game for Old and Young
1863
Medicine
1906-1920
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Trade sign
1934-1940
Pinback button
1995-2000
VIETNAM PROTEST WASHINGTON EASTER 65 SPU
1965
Button
1899-1901
Belt plate
1760-1783
Gavel
1800-1850
Ship's clock
1890-1910
Toy towel stand
1860-1880
Sewing box
1840-1880
Lantern slides (12)
1880-1890
Box
1947
Pinback button
1956-1968
Cue stick
License plate
1964
Bottle
1880-1905
Laying of the First Trans-Atlantic Telegraphic Cable Commemorative Medal
1858
New York Sun
ca. 2000
$10 Eagle
1801
Republican County Committee Badge
ca. 1920
Republican County Committee's Captain Badge
1928
Calipers
1850-1870
Dress coat
1891-1906
Wax seal in box
ca. 1900
Box/ Food
Token
1934
Die
1800-1838
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pin-back button
ca. 1986
New York Chamber of Commerce Building Dedication Medal
1902
Ristorante Arqua
1980-1990
A I
1980-2000
Top
1850-1900
Doll: female
1880-1910
Framed set of buttons and sleeve-links (41) excavated at Sneeden's Landing
1770-1783
Setto: Game of Syllables
1882
Mug/Shaving
1911
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Tin
1989
Bottle/ can opener
1901-1920
Hard Times token
1832-1835
Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant Medal
ca. 1873
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Coat and trousers
1850-1900
Fragments of wooden clamp (2)
1775-1795
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Parasol: black w/tassel
1880-1910
Ballard Carbine
1862-1865
Tammany Delegate Badge
1904
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Trade sample
1943-1950
Bottle/ food
1910-1940
Commemorative token
1919
General Robert E. Lee Medal
ca. 1900
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Needle case
1840-1880
Jack-in-the-box
1850-1900
Walrus tusk
1850-1880
Gentleman's costume: 1650
ca. 1967
Capitol Dominoes
1950-1970
Box
1920-1940
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Thimble/ beverages
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Major General William Henry Harrison Military Medal
1824-1885
65 Irving Place
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
ca. 2000
Miniature book box
1910-1940
Fortune-telling doll
1825-1875
Needle case
1750-1780
The Black Cat Fortune Telling Game
1897
Perfume Bottle
1960-1990
Shopping bag
1998
Bottle/ medicine
1930-1950
Advertising sign
1930-1950
Button
1993
Abraham Lincoln Centennial Plaquette
1909
Miraculum!
1920-1929
General U.S. Grant Commemorative Medal
1868
Badge in case
1850-1930
Saddle
Mechanical toy (three chickens in a coop)
1825-1875
Container: Spoon box
ca. 1723
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Fan
1890-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Advertising sign
1880-1910
Political novelty
1940
New York Chamber of Commerce Building Dedication Medal
1902
Wood fragment from battleship Niagara
ca. 1812
Pin-back button
2016
Apple parer
ca. 1800-1830
Ribbon: Alliance of Neptune and Pan Union of Erie Canal...
ca. 1825
Dragoon helmet
1700-1800
Medicine bottle
1840-1860
Medicine advertising sign
1890-1930
Commemorative token
1840-1880
Coin: half dollar, Daniel Boone bicentennial, 1934
Tobacco handbag
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Ribbon
1890-1920
Cane
Nutmeg grater/ tobacco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Side-wheel steamer pull toy
1850-1900
Box
1775-1825
Fish pond
ca. 1890
Button
1988
Candy tin
1900-1930
Shoe horn
1920-1950
Pipe
1890-1930
Pen
1962-1970
Saint Nicholas Society Medal
1903
Mormando Restaurant
Robert M. Patterson Mint and Treasury Medal
1839-1881
New York State Agricultural Society Medal
ca. 1844
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Hetchel
ca. 1774
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1952-1956
Coaster
1930-1950
Ribbon
STANLEY SIMON/ THE BRONX
1984
NEW YORK'S FAMOUS IRISH RESTAURANTS
Needle wax
1840-1880
Game of Steeplechase
1880-1920
Cutlass and Scabbard
1862
O'Grady's Goat: A Merry Game
ca. 1895
Ashtray
1931
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Store display/ bottle
1880-1900
Pinback button
1896-1910
Women For Clinton Gore Light The Way For Change
Doll bustle
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1884
Bed W/ mattress
1920-1940
Doll: girl in pink gown w/violets
1880-1900
Needle case
1750-1800
Medal: U.S. Coast Guard Baroque Eagle
2000
Ashtray/ coin plate
1953
Fan
1900-1930
Napkin
1980-2000
Pinback button
1944
Pin
1960-1975
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
Manny Wolf's Chop House
Major General Ulysses S.Grant Military Medallion
1865
For Good Roads
Dagger and Scabbard
1855-1870
Buffs for daguerreotype plates (2)
1840-1860
Medal
1880
Mortar and pestle
1750-1850
Corkscrew
1900-1940
Token
1878-1900
Napkin
1980-2000
Thimble
1940-1960
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
United Nations
ca. 1960-1980
Girl on tricycle
1860-1910
Quill pen made from a Bald Eagle feather, used by John James Audubon
c. 1820-1850
Druggist's jar and cover
1830-1880
Gavel made from deck of the U.S.S. Niagara
ca. 1813
Wyhoo: A Game for Old and Young
1906
Ashtray
1920-1960
Pen
1893
Tobacco
1930-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times Token
1837
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Matchbook
1940-1945
Framed set of military buttons (17)
1770-1783
Badge: ...Engine Co. No.3, Mt. Vernon, NY, Aug. 6, 1904
1904
Clockwork toy: seated musician
1900-1930
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Butter mold
ca. 1815-1875
Match Holder
1894
Fan
1920-1950
Ashtray/ coin plate
1920-1940
Button or stud
1898-1900
Clothing hanger
1940-1960
1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition Commemorative Medal
1876
Puzzle
1960-1970
Coin: NOVA CONSTELLATIO, 1785
Ribbon
ca. 1889
Tag: ...Hempstead...1915
1915
Miniature mold
1900-1920
Remington Model 1863 Percussion Contract Rifle
1862-1865
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Waist belt with percussion cap pouch
1860-1870
Shopping bag
1970-2000
Travel/ pencil
1940-1960
Tobacco
1910-1930
Zachary Taylor Presidential Medal
1850
Le Bernardin
ca. 1986-2007
Obama Presidential Playing Cards
2012
Doll w/cape and ribbon
1930-1960
Miniature doll
1890-1920
Ship's starboard lantern
1850-1900
The Sectional Steamer & Hose Puzzle
ca. 1885
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Game
1999
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War tokens
1863
Major General Jacob Brown Military Medal
ca. 1880
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Fork
1790-1825
Single blade chopping knife
1770-1870
Jointed sheet metal figure
1775-1825
Window glass fragments (3) from St. Paul's Chapel
1766
The New Pretty Village Church Set
1897
Button
1970
Fan
1930-1950
Packet
1940-1960
Sign
1885
Utensil
1940-1960
Badge in case
1868-1930
Political button
1976
Doll robe
Parasol: black and white w/carved leaf handle and tassel
1860-1890
For President Will-[hanging key]
1940
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Lady's costume: 1620
ca. 1959
Forage cap
1893-1899
Write in Dick Gregory President Peace and Freedom
ca. 1968
Fan
1910-1930
Lapel pin
2002
Coin
1943
Pin-back button
ca. 1970
All Those in Favor Say Ike
1953-1961
Chin Chin
ca. 1960-1980
Johnson Humphrey Vote Democratic
1964
Panorama of the Visit of Santa Claus to the Happy Children
ca. 1880
Cane
1850-1900
Boot ornament
1875-1910
Aiguillettes
1945-1965
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Commemorative token
1932
Button hook
1890-1930
Cigar box
1880-1890
Hard Times token
ca. 1837
1878 Paris Universal Exposition Medal
1878
Pinback button with ribbon
1983
Knitting sheath
1775-1825
Sash w/badge in case:Grand Cross, Order of Isabel the ...
Stern light from the "General Slocum"
ca. 1891
Male Iroquois Native American
Mid-19th century
Rifle
1750-1800
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Matchholder
1900-1930
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Box
1940-1960
Ruler
1880-1900
National Guard Commemorative Medal
1826
Silver star badge
Shopping bag
2008
Framed fragment of Union flag from Fort Sumter
ca. 1860
Coin: half dollar, Missouri Centennial 1821-1921
Miniature teacups (2) and saucers (3)
1880-1900
Campaign hat
1917-1918
Longshoreman's unloader's hook
ca. 1965
Printer's Block
1890-1940
World's Columbian Exposition "Half Dollar"
1893
Toy
1978
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pin
1890-1920
Flashlight in case
ca. 2000
Ribbon
ca. 1879
Clam shucking knife
1850-1910
Dollhouse furn.: 4 drawer dresser in box; leta's
1920-1940
Doll: ethnic female figure w/black cylindrical hat
1950-70
Hatter's trade sign
1800-1850
The Game of Guess Again
ca. 1890
Beer bottle
1900-1930
Sugar Bowl
1890-1930
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Clip
1950-1960
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Centennial Medal
1927
King Cole Bar
Hard Times Token: Coin: illustrative predecesor
1837
Willkie and McNary
G.L. handerchief
1935-1945
Bell from the "Clermont"
1800-1807
Apple parer
ca. 1800-1830
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Trade sign
1890-1920
Tobacco tin
1881-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Major General Zachary Taylor Military Medallion
1849
FOR/WILLKIE/PRESIDENT
1940
Bottle
1850-1925
James P. Kimball Mint and Treasury Medal
ca. 1891
Ice truck
1931
Sword, scabbard and tassel
1852-1862
Dissected Outline Map of the United States of America
ca. 1900
Cap
1930-1950
Theater souvenir
1896
Tobacco
1900-1960
Insignia
1860-1890
Token
Doll handkerchief
1870-1880
Souvenir cane
ca. 1904
Miniature bowl
1850-1900
Model of train float with train cars (10)
1900-1912
Badminton set
1850-1900
Alphabetic Object Teacher
ca. 1875
Cosmetic Jar
1880-1910
Washing supplies
1900-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Button/ clothing
1910-1920
Pin-back button
1972
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
MERCURIO
Medal fragment: #3
Inscribed shingle from Edgar Allan Poe's cottage
ca. 1840
Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal
1914-1918
Box
1775-1810
Coin: half dollar, Gen. Lafayette, Paris 1900
foot stove (foot warmer)
ca. 1875-1900
Paperweight
1880-1910
Box/ Food
1906-1920
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Lamp
1900-1910
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
New Tokyo
ca. 1960-1980
Chest with drawers
1800-1850
Miniature Furniture, Tea Table
ca. 1983
Bell toy: trotting horse
1890-1900
Stoneware fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
Drawing Stencils for our Little Artist
ca. 1890
Button
ca. 1990
Perfume box
1962-1990
Pitcher
1890-1920
Pinback button
1890-1920
Token
1868
West Point Sesquicentennial Medal
1952
Spoon
Miniature set of dishes (30 pieces)
1871-1903
Combination checker and backgammon
ca.1792
Spice grinder/grater
ca. 1750-1850
Box
1900-1930
Food crate
1908-1930
Paperweight/ medallion
1920-1950
Pin
1920-1940
Button
1940
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Time For A Real Hero
2009
Captain Thomas Truxtun Naval Medal
ca. 1880
Bust
The Myriopticon Rebellion: A Historical Panorama
ca. 1875
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
Tailcoat
ca. 1875
Paperweight
Fan
1939
Medal: World's Columbian Exposition 1492-1892...Chicago
1893
Coaster
1940-1970
Moon Over Lower Manhattan skykine with Brooklyn Bridge
2001-2002
Pinback button
1896-1910
Major General Winfield Scott Military Medal
1824
Darbár
ca. 1986-2007
Pin-back button
2012
Model: locomotive
1850-1900
Tung Siao-wen
1925-1975
Iron object excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Life's Mishaps: A Merry Game and Domino Rex
ca. 1880
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Pen
1950-1980
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1930-1950
Civil War token
1863
Political souvenir
1913
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Little Red Ridinghood
ca. 1890
Rattle
1750-1825
The Game of Ring Toss
ca. 1890
Game of Yuneek
1889
Box w/sliding lid
ca. 1850-1900
Hair Grooming
1930-1950
Token
1900-1930
Trade Sign
1880-1910
Identification Badge for Ronald R. Moser, FEMA/NYPD
2001
Keyring
1998
New-York Historical Society Commemorative Medal
1857 or later
Political button
late 1950s-early1970s
Stamp
1837-1880
Miniature garden set (3 pieces)
1920-1940
Squeak toy (rabbit)
1875-1900
Lady's costume: 1780's
ca. 1958
Garrison cap
1945
Apothecary jar with lid
1850-1900
Tin/ Candy
1906-1930
Hardware/ household
1950-1970
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Rally For Peace and Human Needs/June 12, NYC/DISARM
1982
American Declaration of War
ca. 1917
Lutece
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising notepad
1899
Doll bench
1920-1940
Walking-stick
19th century
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Diamond Picture Puzzles: Birds
ca. 1890
Paperweight
1880-1930
Cannon
ca. 1812
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Plaque
1910-1940
Token
1850-1900
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 9th Issue
1913
Baseball
1930-1950
Coin: half dollar, Battle of Bennington 1777-1927
ca. 1927
Pin-back campaign buttons
1952-1956
Collection of toy soldiers in box
1870-1910
Trade sign
1850-1870
Canteen
1760-1783
Paperweight
ca. 1892-1910
Watch Face
1880-1940
Glass/ food
1890-1920
Plate
1908
Food spear
1940-1960
Franklin D. Roosevelt Fourth Presidential Inauguration Medal
1945
Medal
ca. 1916
Tie-pin
1968
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Coin: Carol lll. D.G. HISP. ETIND. R. 1800
Spike from the U.S.S. Niagara on wooden mount w/label
ca. 1813
Porcelain bowl fragments (2)
1750-1790
Transportation Token : Sprinfield Consolidated RY. Co.
1900-1940
Button
1972
Chiromagica
ca. 1870
Hardware/ household
1949
Campaign thimble
1928-1932
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Soup plate

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