Object Details
- owners
- Copp Family
- Description
- This broadside advertised the naval victory of Captain William Henry Allen and the USS brig Argus over Captain R. P. Davis commanding the HMS Barbados during the War of 1812.
- The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John Brenton Copp
- 1812-09-19
- ID Number
- DL.006513.09
- accession number
- 28810
- catalog number
- 6513.09
- Object Name
- broadside
- Physical Description
- paper, laid (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 23.1775 cm x 15.875 cm
- place made
- United States: South Carolina, Charleston
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston, Charlestown
- place owned
- United States: Connecticut, Stonington
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Copp Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Naval History
- War of 1812
- related event
- War of 1812
- Record ID
- nmah_1463426
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-801e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
