Book/Printed Material Grand national inauguration ball, March Fourth, 1857 : [invitation]. Page view

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About this Item

Title

  • Grand national inauguration ball, March Fourth, 1857 : [invitation].

Other Title

  • national inauguration ball, March Fourth, 1857

Names

  • Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Toppan Carpenter & Co., 1857.

Headings

  • -  Buchanan, James,--1791-1868--Inaugurations--Miscellanea
  • -  Presidents--United States--Election--1857--Miscellanea
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Notes

  • -  Printed invitation to James Buchanan's inaugural ball held at at Washington, D.C.'s Judiciary Square in a special building erected for the event to accomodate 6,000 people. The invitation lists the "managers" of the inaugural ball, including members of Congress, officers of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, and citizens.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LAC ecr 2021-11-02 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 1 sheet ; 18 x 27 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Broadside portfolio 233 no. 20

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2009655210

OCLC Number

  • rbpe23302000

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Printed Ephemera Collection. Grand national inauguration ball, March Fourth,: invitation. Philadelphia: Toppan Carpenter & Co, 1857. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2009655210/.

APA citation style:

Printed Ephemera Collection. (1857) Grand national inauguration ball, March Fourth,: invitation. Philadelphia: Toppan Carpenter & Co. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009655210/.

MLA citation style:

Printed Ephemera Collection. Grand national inauguration ball, March Fourth,: invitation. Philadelphia: Toppan Carpenter & Co, 1857. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2009655210/>.