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'Let us have peace' : Indian peace medals at the American Numismatic Society.

Penn Museum Library CJ43.U6 H66 2025
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hoover, Oliver D. (Oliver David), 1972- author.
Series:
Studies in medallic art ; 6.
Studies in medallic art ; 6
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Indigenous peoples--United States.
Indigenous peoples.
Numismatic museums--United States.
Numismatic museums.
Coins--United States.
Coins.
Indigenous peoples--Medals.
Indians of North America--Medals.
Indians of North America.
Physical Description:
ix, 539 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : American Numismatic Society, 2025.
Summary:
Let Us Have Peace offers a detailed numismatic, art- and socio-historical discussion of 302 Indian peace medals and related objects that entered the cabinet of the American Numismatic Society between 1883 and 2013. The medals represent an important and often under-utilized resource for the history of relationships between the Native peoples of North America and the colonial powers of France, Great Britain, and Spain, as well as their successors, Canada and the United States of America. Despite being inanimate objects of silver and copper, the Indian peace medals in the ANS collection are incomparable storytellers, each offering its own tale of the past that give us insight into the remarkable lives of the medals' creators, distributors, and recipients.
Contents:
Introduction
Medals Distributed in French North America (ca. 1610-1760)
King Louis XIV
King Louis XV
Medals Distributed in British North America (ca. 1610-1860)
Lord Baltimore
Queen Anne
King George I
King George II
King George III
Medals Distributed in the Province and Dominion of Canada (ca. 1840-1921)
Queen Victoria
Treaties 1 and 2
Treaty 3
Treaty 6
Assembly of Indian Tribes
Treaty 9
Treaty 11
Medals Distributed in Spanish North America (ca. 1769-1806)
King Carlos IV
Medals Distributed in the United States of America (ca. 1788-1896)
Commonwealth of Virginia
Continental Congress
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Private and Fur Trade Medals distributed in the United States of America (ca. 1822-1900)
Miss White's Seminary for Select Ladies
American Fur Company
Pierre Chouteau, Jr. & Co.
Union Fur Company
Chief Bacon Rind
Appendix A: U.S. Mint Miniature Presidential Medals
Appendix B: U.S. Mint Presidential Medals
Appendix C: Commemorative Indian Peace Medal Facsimiles
Appendix D: Indian Peace Medal Facsimiles and Fantasies
Bibliography - Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-528) and index.
ISBN:
0897223403
9780897223409
OCLC:
1521158186
Publisher Number:
90103148210

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