Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
September 1779
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 46r
Notes:
The gold half laurel was an English coin minted between 1619 and 1625, during the reign of King James I (1603-1625), with a value of ten shillings, or half a pound.
The donor was Isaac Zane, Jr. (1743-1795), a Philadelphia Quaker who had moved to the Shenandoah Valley about 1767, owned and operated the Marlboro Iron Works about twelve miles south of Winchester, Virginia. During the war years Zane manufactured four- and six-pound cannon, shot, kettles, salt pans, and stoves for the American forces. He also served in the House of Burgesses from 1773 to 1776, the Virginia conventions from 1774 to 1776, and the general assembly from 1776 to 1795.
