THE
MEDALLIC HISTORY
OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
1776-1876.
BY
J. F. LOUBAT, LL.D.
member of the new-york historical society.
knight commander of st. stanislaus of russia.
knight of the first class of the crown and of frederick of württemberg.
knight of the legion of honor of france.
WITH 170 ETCHINGS BY JULES JACQUEMART.
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N. FLAYDERMAN & CO., INC.
New Milford, Connecticut, U.S.A.
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to the (p. vi)
HONORABLE ELIHU B. WASHBURNE,
late envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary
of the united states of america to france.
My Dear Sir:
Permit me to dedicate to you this work on our National Medals, as a slight testimonial for your distinguished services during your long official residence in Paris, and especially during the siege of that city in 1870-1871, when you had under your protection the subjects of fourteen governments besides your own, and yet so discharged your delicate and responsible duties as to win universal approbation.
Yours sincerely,
J. F. Loubat.
New-York, Union Club, May, 1878.
INTRODUCTION. (p. vii)
Medals, by means of the engraver's art, perpetuate in a durable formand within a small compass which the eye can embrace at a glance, notonly the features of eminent persons, but the dates, brief accounts,and representations (direct or emblematical) of events; they rank,therefore, among the most valuable records of the past, especiallywhen they recall men, deeds, or circumstances which have influencedthe life of nations. How much light has been furnished for the studyof history by the concise and faithful testimony of these silentwitnesses! The importance of medals is now universally acknowledged,and in almost every country they are preserved with reverent care, andmade the subject of costly publications, illustrated by elaborateengravings, with carefully prepared letter-press descriptions andnotes. Up to the present time no thorough work devoted to the medalsof the United States of America has been published. When I enteredupon the task, several years ago, of investigating their (p. viii)history for the period embracing the first century of the Republic, Ihad little conception of the difficulties to be encountered. Thesearch involved a very considerable expenditure of time and labor, butat last I have the satisfaction of offering to the public the resultof my investigations, completed according to the original plan.
Although our political history measures but a hundred ye