John Bell Campaign Token
Unknown American, American1860
Brass
Overall: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Ralph Becker, Father of William Becker, Class of 1964
165.31.31596
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Communication Artifacts: Documentary Artifact
Classification
American History
Not on view
Inscription
obv: Inscribed, around edge: JOHN BELL, UNION CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY / 1860 [enclosing bust of Bell facing left] rev: Inscribed, around edge: THE CONSTITUTION / AND THE UNION [enclosing within a circle a wreath of corn]; inscribed, within wreath: NOW / AND / FOREVER.
Course History
HIST 18, Nineteenth Century American Politics, Robert Bonner, Spring 2014
HIST 18, US Political History of the 19th Century, Robert Bonner, Fall 2012
Provenance
Collected by Raph E. Becker (1907-1994), father of William W. Becker, Class of 1964; given to present collection, 1965.
Catalogue Raisonne
Satterlee #341
Old Number
1860-7
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