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Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803

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Ribbon
ca. 1844
Commemorative cane
2005
Horseshoes (2) excavated at a Revolutionary War camp in New York
1760-1783
Still bank
1880-1930
Needle case
1800-1850
Brooklyn Bridge Block Ball Puzzle
1883-1900
Box
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Playing card
1940-1960
Commemorative t-shirt
2001
Collar Clip
1940-1945
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Al and Dick
John Adams Commemorative Medal
1800-1850
Coin: half dollar, Huguenot-walloon Tercentenary, 1924
Campaign button
1896
Ribbon
ca. 1876
Mechanical bank
1880-1890
Bootjack
1870-1900
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Tobacco canister
1860-1890
Pinback button
1972
Medallion
ca. 1840
Au Troquet
ca. 1960-1980
Automatic Waltzer
ca. 1890-1910
Card case
1870-1875
Milk Cart W/horse Man (2) Milk cans
1860-1890
National Academy of Design award medal
1830-1870
Familiar Quotations
ca. 1890
Box
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Chewing gum vending machine
1902-1910
Swizzle stick
1920-1960
Civil War token
1863
Adolf Werner Plaquette
1907
Belt plate
1760-1783
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Snuff box: portrait relief
1800-1850
Girl on tricycle
1860-1910
Set of (6) weights or measuring tools
1830-1880
Marbles (16)
1850-1920
Hair Grooming
1960-1990
Comic book
1897
Cue stick
Plate
1903
Emery board
ca. 1960-1970
A. Loudon Snowden Mint and Treasury Medallion
1881-1910
Longchamps Matchbook
Massachusetts Tercentary Commemorative Medal
1930
Ribbon
1905-1910
Captain William Bainbridge Naval Medal
1817
Ribbon
ca. 1925
Miniature flatware in box
1875-1900
Service cap
ca. 1919
Chewing gum
ca. 1940
Box/ Candy
Token
1837(?)
Thimble/ laundry
1900-1940
Pinback button
1985
Freedoms Foundation Medal
1952 or later
Union Square Cafe
ca. 1985-2007
UNITED IN UOPWA
1930-1940
Miniature coffee roaster
1900-1930
Ranch (7 pieces)
1875-1925
Ox shoe excavated at a Revolutionary War camp in New York
1760-1783
Anagrams: A Prize game
ca. 1900
Shaving mug
1900-1930
Pen
1970-2000
Box
1886-1906
Bottle opener
1940-1950
Hard Times token
1833
Nobel Peace Medal
1912
Compliments of "Famous" St. Louis
ca. 1920
Hammer lock
1846
Parade cap
1890-1900
Seals of the State of New York (2)
1810-1860
Spinning top
ca.1875
Page marking device
1930-1950
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
String holder
1900-1930
Advertising token
1900-1930
World's Columbian Exposition Advertising Medal
1893
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Parasol: crimson w/lace trim and bow on cane handle
ca. 1880
Music stand
1800-1900
Ax head excavated at a Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Mortar and pestle
ca. 1850
Button
1969
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ food
1900-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
National Arts Club commemorative plaquette
ca. 1904
Marigold
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
ca. 2004
Miniature rocking chair
1915-1935
Model: locomotive
1850-1900
Seal impression in box
1815-1850
The Improved Game of Star Authors
1886
Hair trimmer
1907
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Medicine
1922-1940
Coffee tin
1890-1920
Civil War token
1863
French Red Cross Plaquette
1914-1919
Cocktail stirrers (2)
Coin: Hugenot Half dollar, Founding of New Netherland 1924
Badge in case
Needle case
1820-1860
Typewriter
1895-1910
Spoon
1861
Paperweight
1880-1920
Fan
1900-1930
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1996
Box
1940-1960
Flowers and leaves from Lincoln's casket
1865
Magnet
2016
Native American pestle
1500-1700
Toy butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Snuffbox and lid
1800-1850
Snuffbox with lid
ca. 1815-1824
Medicine/Bottle
1980-2000
Ashtray
1940-1960
Campaign thimble
1924
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Badge
ca. 1890
Pin-back campaign button
2010
Lamp part with wick
1860-1864
Soldiers (10)
ca. 1936
Tobacco box filled with matches and bags of tobacco
ca. 1909
Komikal Konversation Kards
ca. 1890
Sewing Needles
1910-1930
Packet/ food
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Match safe
1883-1910
Georges Clemenceau Medallion
1929 or later
The Towers
Medal:Catskill Aqueduct begun 1905
We don't want Eleanor either
Mint and Treasury "Commencement of Cabinet - 1859" Medalet
ca. 1859
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Wool card
ca. 1820-1850
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Fan
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Lapel pin
1990
Pinback button
1896-1910
Campaign ribbon
1888
Vote/ LaGuardia /American Labor
1937
Bottle: Brant's Indian Balsam
1850-1880
Sauk Indian Chief Keokuk (1783-1848)
ca. 1870
Medicine bottle
1850-1900
Butter mold
ca. 1758
Ribbons
1856-1866
Ashtray
1930-1960
Sign
1889
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Centennial ribbon
1876
Commemorative cane
ca. 1913
Squeak toy (pigeon)
1875-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1781
ca. 1966
Flax
1700-1800
The Great Game Uncle Sam at War with Spain
1898
Ashtray/ coin plate
1930-1960
Fan
1890-1940
Calendar
1917
Pinback button
1944
Pin cushion
2003
Campaign medal
1948
Act II
The Society of Medalists 12th Issue
1935
Button
Pin-back button
1972
Helmet
1942-1945
Diorama of Charter Oak made from fragments of said tree
ca. 1856
Riding breeches: NY coaching club
ca. 1900
Bottle/Can Opener
1920-1950
Button
1973
Napkin
1980-2000
Thimble
1890-1900
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Volunteer Dewey Warren I'm on the team
New York Mitsukoshi
ca. 1960-1980
Butter mold
1800-1850
The Smashed Up Locomotive
ca. 1890
Baluster from Somerindike house
1750-1850
Fragments of cocked hat (14) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
The T. A. Snider Diamond Puzzle
ca. 1890
Senator Goodell
ca. 1975
Toy
1955-1990
Tobacco
1920-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1841
Doll hat
1870-1880
Matchbook
1940-1945
Purse
1800-1850
Tobacco box
1700-1750
Toy: fire pumper
1950-1970
Needle case
1800-1875
Set of tea caddies in box
1750-1810
Match Holder
1900-1930
Washing supplies
1890-1930
Coin dish/
1920-1950
Pinback button
1908-1912
Toy model
1890-1910
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Medal
1904
"Obama' 08"
2008
Coll.of 7 coins: NOVA CONSTELLATIO, 1783
Gas mask
1940-1945
Button
Badge: Centennial Inauguration of Washington
1889
Miniature notepad and pencil
1900-1930
Dress hat
1943-1945
Fabric Samples
1950-1970
Watch Face
1880-1940
Label
1980-2000
Travel/ pen
1994
Pinback button
1896-1920
Pin
ca. 1952
Twenty Twenty
ca. 1960-1990
Pin-back button
1971
Doll
1930-1940
Miniature doll
1920-1940
Chapeau bras
1829-1837
The Improved Game of Fish Pond
1890
Sewing Supplies
1892-1930
Toy
1890-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
William M. Evarts Senate Campaign Ribbon
1885
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Coin: English 1723-1773
Ribbon badge: Irving Hose No.5, Yonkers, Oct. 19, 1887
1887
Miniature bowl
1900-1920
Ship's clock
1878-1900
Whale's tooth
1910-1940
Button
1985
Fan
1890-1920
Box with tin
1930-1950
Sign
1890-1910
Box/ music
1920-1940
The Official Civil War Centennial Commission Commemorative Medallion
1961
Political button
1974
Doll handbag
Ribbon
1860
Doll house furniture: spindle bed w/mattress
1920-1940
Set of toy benches (5)
1875-1900
Bottle: Brant's Indian Balsam
1850-1880
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Civil War token
1863
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
Souvenir milk can
ca. 1920
Fabric samples
1930-1950
Westway Will Never Be Built
1978
Open the gates of prosperity with Wendell Willkie
ca. 1940
Chiaki
ca. 1960-1980
Surveyor transit on stand
1940-1960
Pull toy: dog with basket
1870-1890
Doll: w/netted cap
ca. 1889
Key to tower of North Dutch Church
ca. 1767
Pin w. ribbon
1895
Paperweight/ plaque
1890-1910
Token
1920-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Cigar box
1950-1960
Button
ca. 1970
Frederick Samuel Tallmadge Medal
1905
Foxhunt Puzzle
1930-1950
Franco-American Jeton: Token with envelope
1751
Ribbon pin
ca. 1909
U.S. Coast Guard Line-Throwing Gun (Flair Gun)
Steamship fixture
1850-1900
British officer's Fusil, flint lock musket: inscribed
1765-1780
Paperweight
ca. 1870-1920
Pinback button
1970-2000
Trade Sign
1880-1900
Advertising sign
1940-1960
Swizzle stick
1920-1960
Franklin Pierce Indian Peace Medal
1870-1892
Campaign button
Pin-back button
2016-2017
Coll. of 3 coins: Nova Caesarea, 1787 (New Jersey)
Sewing box
1840-1880
Coin: half dollar, Huguenot-walloon Tercentenary, 1924
Brick from Walton House
1750-1752
Campaign hat
1919-1920
Board and rollers (2) for making noodles
ca. 1920
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Puzzle
1890-1910
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Military Insignia
1890-1920
Pin-back button
Ribbon
ca. 1928
Clam shucking knife
1850-1910
Miniature bed
1915-1935
Miniature table
1960-1975
Framed anchor made from the "Merrimac"
1900-1925
Bottle
1900-1930
Mug
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Calendar
1996
Medal: Panorama de Paris 1878
ca. 1878
The Town House
Coin: East India Co.1804
1804
Coolidge and Dawes
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign Medal
1860
Presentation cannon
1860
Apple parer
ca. 1856
Paperweight
1900-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1930
Collection
1880-1900
Button
1972-1975
Pinback button
1896-1910
Captain James Biddle Naval Medal
1820-1885
STEVENSON
1956
Medicine bottle
1840-1860
Model 1842 U.S. Percussion Musket
1849
Apothecary bottle with stopper
ca. 1862
Game of Lost Heir
ca. 1885
Hat cover
ca. 1944
Games of John Gilpin, Rainbow Backgammon and Bewildered Travelers
ca. 1875
Cup
1890-1920
Tray
1890-1920
Tobacco
1920-1940
Insignia
1860-1900
Token
1856-1900
Doll's pocket watch
1870-1880
Souvenir cane
ca. 1939
Snuffbox
1800-1850
Lady's costume: 1835
ca. 1963
Needle case
1820-1850
Fighting with the Boers
1902-1910
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
Box/ Food
1962-1990
Playing card
1940-1960
Button/ clothing
1910-1920
Button
Card of buttons
1960-1990
Top of the Sixes
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
No Man is Good Three Times
Major General Andrew Jackson Military Medal
1820-1885
Flax wheel
1750-1850
Apple parer
1800-1830
Paperweight
1880-1910
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Tassel
Pinback button
1896-1910
INV.13710.3
Japonica
ca. 1960-1980
Paddy and the Pig
1882-1890
John Quincy Adams Indian Peace Medal
1825 or later
Pull toy: horse with jockey
1860-1890
Cannon worm
1760-1783
Dominoes
ca. 1875
Medicine
1906-1920
Lotion bottle
1890-1920
Lamp/ hotel
1920-1940
Pinback button
1890-1920
Hard Times token
1837
Rosette with streamers
ca. 1900
Campaign cane
ca. 1820s-1830s
Game pieces (53)
1850-1900
Grapeshot (5) excavated at Fort Ticonderoga
1750-1783
Needle case
1875-1900
Powder horn
1775-1850
Box
1930-1950
Pinback button
1925-1935
Paperweight/ medallion
1983
Hat box
1890-1910
Pin
1932-1940
Medal: St. John the Divine
1911
Rubber stamp
2009
1900 Paris International Exposition Medal
1900
The Commercial Tercentenary of New York 1614 1914
1914
Bookmark
ca. 1880
Valley Forge Centennial Medal
1878
Miniature two-handled bowls (pair)
1900-1930
Tea caddy
1850-1900
Paperweight
ca. 1900
Fan
1920-1940
Coaster
1940-1970
Shut them Down/ Boston Clamshell Coalition
1980-1985
Pinback button
1896-1910
Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition Commemorative Medal
1907
New York Vista
ca. 1988-1993
Campaign magnet
2012
Miniature glass slides and tray
1880-1910
Doll
1913-1925
British military cap badge excavated at Fort George
1790-1800
The White Squadron Picture Puzzle: U.S. Cruiser No. 12 "Pirate"
1892
Bottle/Medicine
1880-1910
Pen
1970-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1930-1950
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
1904
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Powder horn
1759
Mortar or vase
1800
Vest
1909
2 forks
1850-1865
Coat
1940-1946
Hair Grooming
1860-1890
Pinback button
1941
Trade sample
1943-1950
Box
1880-1900
Pinback button
1996
Pennsylvania Bicentennial Commemorative Medal
1882
Political button
1970
Doll stockings
Medallion: Andrew Jackson
1866
Badge
Dollhouse furn: baby grand piano
1920-1940
Squeak toy (bird)
1875-1900
Magic trick
1880-1920
Garrison cap
ca. 1945
Civil War token: FR. Freose. Undertaker, 1863
1863
Box/ Candy
1900-1930
Hardware/ household
1930-1950
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Button
1970-1975
Lieutenant Stephen Cassin Naval Medal
After 1878
Michael Phillips
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising blotter paper
Toy barn
1900-1920
Miniature table and chairs (4)
1960-1980
Stamp
1700-1800
Prize Birds Dissected
1883
Mug/Shaving
1890-1930
Food spear
1940-1960
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Musical recording
1910-1920
SAVE the BEACON THEATRE
ca. 1986
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 7th Issue
1912
Popeye the Juggler
ca. 1929
Dagger: U.S.
1850-1860
Ribbon
ca. 1910
Overseas cap
1917-1918
Die
1800-1838
Puzzle
1850-1900
Paperweight
1892-1900
Watch Face
1880-1940
Jar/ food
1950-1960
Pen
1880-1910
Campaign neck tie
1952-1956
Medallion: Andrew Jackson
1866
Pin-back campaign button
2008
Shopping bag
Collection of carved animals (7)
1850-1900
Fragment of flag from Monmouth; revolutionary,in envelope
1775-1865
Col.of 8 coins: Pennies/Centimes
Miniature potted plant
1930-1960
Tailcoat
1790-1820
Button
1963-1980
Button
1975-1985
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Thimble/ insurance
1900-1960
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Cornwall Northern New York Interntaional Bridge Corp.
1934
Medal with Statue of Liberty
2004
Box of crayons
ca. 1935
Miniature candlestick
1900-1930
Soldier
1840-1870
Campaign necktie
1940
The Game of Puss in the Corner
ca. 1890
Bottle
1910-1930
Stork Club "Lucky Penny"
1937-1950
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Match tin
1880-1900
George III Memorial Medal
1781
The Gotham
Captains Creighton, Low, and Stouffer Life Saving Medal
1861
Medal: Fort Sumter 1863
1863
Pin: Cleveland and Hendricks
Miniature Jar
1825-1875
Bayonet, Revolutionary War American or Hessian
1770-1800
Paperweight
1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Button
1972-1973
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry
1869-1885
ribbon
Ukranian Easter egg decorating kit
ca. 1957-1980

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