Apr 16, 2013 - Sale 2310

Sale 2310 - Lot 32

Price Realized: $ 270
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Bunker Hill Monument dedication ribbon, with its accompanying promotional flyer. Silk ribbon depicting the monument and General Warren, 7 x 3 inches, minor wear and folds * Printed circular letter, 10 x 8 inches, with partial address leaf; mailing folds, minor foxing. Boston: Nathaniel Dearborn, June 1843
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Dearborn's circular letter is dated 6 June, eleven days before the dedication, and appears to be unrecorded. It sets the price of the ribbons at 12 1/2 cents, and offers to add a portrait of President Tyler or Daniel Webster for an additional fee. with--another ribbon from the Bunker Hill Monument dedication, titled "Grand National Badge," [Boston, 1843] A tri-color centennial ribbon commemorating Bunker Hill, Lexington, and Concord, issued in Philadelphia, 1876 and a small period lapel pin depicting the monument.