$2,115
Lot of Seven Silver Merit Medals and Various Rowland Ellis Related Ephemera, Boston, early 19th century, including an engraved crescent-shaped medal awarded to Rowland Ellis for penmanship; an engraved urn-shaped medal of merit awarded to Eliza Ann Coburn, (the future wife of Rowland Ellis); from the "Mrs. Carters & Miss Stetsons School," three paper rewards of merit and a letter written by Eliza Ann Coburn to her cousin in 1819; a penmanship booklet and an engraved silver "City Medal" of merit to Anna C. Ellis, (elder daughter of Rowland and Eliza Ann Ellis); a penmanship booklet and an engraved silver "Committee Medal," awarded to Adelaide L. Ellis, (another daughter of Rowland Ellis), and a bulletin of the New North Sunday School Annual Exhibition, which Adelaide took part in; three engraved silver merit medals from other Ellis family members; a booklet entitled THE HANCOCK SCHOOL BOSTON, 1898. Hancock School Memories by Hancock School Graduates.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-11-02
