- GLC#
- GLC01984.03
- Type
- Objects
- Date
- 1801 ca.
- Title
- [Jefferson Indian Peace medal]
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 medal
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Native Americans
Based on Houdon's bust of Jefferson. Copies of this medal were given by Lewis and Clark to Indians they met on their expedition. See Alfred L. Bush, Life Portraits of Thomas Jefferson, p. 13; Noble E. Cunningham, Jr., The Image of Thomas Jefferson in the Public Eye, pp. 73-78.
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