Passport for Samuel Ashmead, June 25, 1846. Signed by James Buchanan. Framed between two pieces of glass with narrow black wooden frame. Two small metal eye hooks with picture wire at top of frame.
Provenance
Samuel Ashmead was a botanist from the Germantown, PA area. He was the donor's husband's great-great grandfather. Passport hung in the donor's husband's grandfather's house for as long as she could remember.
Framed between two pieces of glass. Top right corner has 2 rips in paper caused by humidity and too small of frame. Paper has been folded into fourths with small hole at center of sheet. Also folds horizontally into thirds. Brown spots or stains all over
Object ID
W.MSS07.4.2
Place of Origin
Washington, D.C.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Commemorative ribbon of James Buchanan. Black and white printing on silk with James Buchanan's profile. Ribbon has frayed ends. Gold and white matting. Black oblong frame.
Provenance
Ownership unknown. Contemporary framing by Joseph Libhart / The Eagle's Nest, Marietta, PA.
Daguerreotype of Ellen and William Pearsoll and their four children (three girls, one boy). Plastic picture frame encircles photo with bright copper mat. Black of frame is made of leather or wood.
