File:RedJacketPeaceMedalObverse.jpg

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Description Etching of the front side of an Indian Peace Medal given to Seneca chief Red Jacket by President George Washington in 1792. The medal was passed down to Red Jacket's heirs, and was owned by Ely S. Parker at the time this etching was made. Parker claimed the medal was made by David Rittenhouse, the first director of the U.S. Mint. [1]
Date (medal); 1878 (etching)
Source Taken from plate XVIII (around page 113) of the archive.org American Libraries version of The Medallic History of the United States of America, 1776-1876 by Joseph Florimond Loubat, 1878.
Author Original medal possibly by David Rittenhouse (1732- 1796)
Etching by Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart (1837 - 1880)
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