Seal
- Title:
- BOW CANAL CORPORATION/1808
- Object Name:
- Seal
- Object ID:
- 1961.011
- Date:
- circa 1808
- Description:
- Die for seal. Copper. Engraved (in reverse), "BOW CANAL CORPORATION / 1808"; with image of a boat in a canal lock.
- Material:
- Metal
Copper - Dimensions:
- D-0.15 Dia-1.65 inches
- Provenance:
- In 1808, the New Hampshire State Legislature authorized the construction of a canal at Garvin's Falls on the Merrimack River, and "such locks and dams as may be required to admit the passage of boats, rafts, masts, and lumber."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Winslow H. Osborne
- Subjects:
- Canals, Locks (Canals), Seals
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