Manuscript
Document Supporting Presentation of Medal
| Document supporting the presentation of a medal presented by Frederick Haldimand, Captain-General and Governor in Chief of the Province of Quebec to Menominee Chief Chawanon. Bilingual in English and French. |
| Image ID: | 85501 |
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| Creation Date: | 08 17 1778 |
| Creator Name: | Haldimand, Frederick |
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| Collection Name: | Sir Frederick Haldimand commissions, 1778 |
| Genre: | Manuscript |
| Original Format Type: | manuscript |
| Original Format Number: | File 1778, August 17 |
| Original Dimensions: | 13 x 8 inches |
| The medal (1955.1283) was presented to Menominee Chief Chawanon by Quebec Provincial Governor Frederick Haldimand in 1778. The medal was reportedly collected from a Menominee Indian by M.M. Davis sometime during the American Civil War. Davis donated the medal and the commission to the Society in 1881. This style of the George III medal first arrived in the Americas in the summer of 1776. Medals were often presented to Native American leaders in an attempt to woo them as allies. |
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