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DateApril 19, 1870
Terms
- Certificates
- Ink
- Paper
- Massachusetts
Dimensions50.13 × 60.91 cm (19 3/4 × 24 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Colonel George Lincoln Prescott (1941)
Object numberPI1729.0001
DescriptionLetterpress on paper. Certificate from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, expressing "the people's gratitude" for the Civil War service of Capt. George L. Prescott. Co. G 5th & Col. 32nd Inf. Engraved patriotic images as a border: Abraham Lincoln, American eagle, Native American, soldier, etc. Signed by the Governor William Claflin, and the Adj. Gen. Ja. A. Cunningham.
Object number: D1710