Button
Object number2007.56.9
Date1780-1789
MediumMetal
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionMetal jacket button. Oval, curves slightly inward. Back: round loop. Dimensions0.375 x 0.625 x 1 in. (1 x 1.6 x 2.5 cm)Historical NotesJacket button of Dunning McNair (born 1762), Colonel of Pennsylvania Militia and founder of McNairstown, Pennsylvania, now Wilkinsburg. Donor: Miss Ilka M. Stotler. Objects previously belonged to Mrs. Eliza Horner Gordon of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. Found in collection.
Previous owner
Dunning McNair
(born 1762)
Previous owner
Eliza Horner Gordon
Related institution
Pennsylvania Militia
Subjects
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