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DateJanuary 1, 1896
Terms
- Certificates
- Ink
- Paper
- United States
Dimensions65.99 × 54.57 cm (26 × 21 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Colonel George Lincoln Prescott (1941)
Object numberPI1759.0001
DescriptionCommission, ink and letterpress on paper. "In the Name and By the Authority of the Military Order of the Logal Legion of the United States/ The Coimmander-in-Chief...Whereas Brevet Brigadier General George Lincoln Prescott, U.S. Vols. was distinguished for faithful service....Now know ye, That his son Charles Waldo Prescott, was elected by right of inheritance a Companion of the First Class of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States." Red paper seal in bottom left corner. Signed by John P. Nicholson, Recorder in Chief and Baneroff Ehirardi, Senior Vice Commander in Chief. Masonic organization?
Collections
- Documents
Object number: B1851.0001.1
J.E. (A.A.S.) Worcester
1823