Ribbon issued in connection with the September 10, 1840 Whig Party New England Convention held in Boston, Massachusetts. Item probably was produced for the Ward 1 delegation from Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Ribbon contains images of an American eagle, the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston, a portrait of William Henry Harrison, and a log cabin. Maker's information reading W.J. Bunce. St. appears to the lower right of the log cabin. Item 2214.RB0158 is a Hampden County, Massachusetts, delegation ribbon with the same imagery.
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Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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