Button
- Object Name:
- Button
- Object ID:
- 1995.651
- Date:
- 1780-1790
- Description:
- Button from George Washington's waistcoat. Gilded copper. Engraved "GW" in script. Pinned to a red ribbon, in a jeweler's box. Stamped letters on reverse, possibly "BEST".
- Material:
- Metal
Brass
Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- D-0.2 Dia-0.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Typescript note with object reads, "Button from / waistcoat worn by / GEORGE WASHINGTON / This came to me from Claudius Webster".
Acquired by Dr. Claudius B. Webster (1815-1902) of Concord, NH, while serving as Assistant Surgeon, at the Freedman's Bureau at Arlington, Virginia, fall 1863 through spring 1864. See 1903.009.01, waiscoat worn by George Washington, donated by Dr. Webster's sister-in-law, Susan M. Webster (1835-1919) of Concord.
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