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John Quincy Adams Commemorative Token

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Adams, John Quincy Scovill Manufacturing Company

Description

This token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the early 20th century. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, and political tokens.Obverse: Bust of John Quincy Adams facing right. Legend: 6TH PRESIDENT, U.S.A./ 1825-1829/ JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.Reverse: "THE DIARIST"/ "OLD MAN ELOQUENT"/ SON OF SECOND PRESIDENT MINISTER TO VARIOUS FOREIGN COUNTRIES SECRETARY OF STATE AFTER PRESIDENCY WAS ANTI-SLAVERY LEADER IN CONGRESS.Currently not on view

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National Museum of American History

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. Adams, John Quincy
  2. Government
  3. Industrialization
  4. Manufacturing Industries
  5. Politics
  6. Scovill Manufacturing Collection
  7. Scovill Manufacturing Company
  8. Social Reformers

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