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Two commemorative bracelets.
From: The Magazine Antiques
Date: 19951201
Author:Fales, Martha G.
Two mid-19th century gold bracelets commemorate important events in US history. One of the bracelets was given to author Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1853 when she was touring the UK shortly after her book, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' was published. The other one was designed by Civil War hero Maj. Gen. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain as an anniversary gift to his wife.
The two mid-nineteenth-century gold bracelets shown on these pages each belonged to distinguished Americans living in Brunswick, Maine, and although very different in design, they both commemorate events that changed the course of our ...
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