Produced by Curtis Weyant, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Transcriber's note: Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. Author's spelling has been maintained. --The anchor for the footnote 78 was not to be found on the original page. --[Rx] is used for "Reverse". --Lines of 5 spaced hyphens has been placed where the author has cut passages of letters. --Centered groups of 5 underscores have been placed by the authors to show change of document.] THE MEDALLIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1776-1876. BY J. F. LOUBAT, LL.D. MEMBER OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. KNIGHT COMMANDER OF ST. STANISLAUS OF RUSSIA. KNIGHT OF THE FIRST CLASS OF THE CROWN AND OF FREDERICK OF WÜRTTEMBERG. KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOR OF FRANCE. WITH 170 ETCHINGS BY JULES JACQUEMART. _published by_ N. FLAYDERMAN & CO., INC. New Milford, Connecticut, U.S.A. Library of Congress Catalog Card No 67-28353 Printed & Bound in Norwalk, Connecticut by T. O'Toole & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the publisher. N. FLAYDERMAN & CO., INC. New Milford, Connecticut, U.S.A. TO THE HONORABLE ELIHU B. WASHBURNE, (p. vi) LATE ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO FRANCE. My Dear Sir: Permit me to dedicate to you this work on our National Medals, as a slight testimonial for your distinguished services during your long official residence in Paris, and especially during the siege of that city in 1870-1871, when you had under your protection the subjects of fourteen governments besides your own, and yet so discharged your delicate and responsible duties as to win universal approbation. Yours sincerely, J. F. LOUBAT. New-York, Union Club, _May_, _1878_. INTRODUCTION. (p. vii)