GROUP OF OBJECTS RELATING TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, 19TH CENTURY

Including a copy of the book THE TOMB OF WASHINGTON AT MOUNT VERNON; a newspaper entitled County Gazette, Kingston, Ulster County, New York dated Saturday January 4, 1800 concerning George Washington's death; a framed collection of Washingtonia assembled by the Cartledge family that appears to contain a lock of his hair from Washington's 1837 reburial; and a mourning medal with a profile portrait of George Washington.  4 pieces.

Museum of Mourning Art, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.

In order listed: The first: Please contact department for condition report; The second: Discolored overall. In pendent frames; The third: In good condition. Some of the hair loose in frame; The fourth: In good condition overall.
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