GEORGE WASHINGTON * Authentic MOUNT VERNON Wood Artifact Relic * 1859 ALBERT EINSTEIN ___ was received yesterday

___ was received yesterday

letter measures approx

written mere days before the iconic photo of him sticking out his tongue was taken (on March 14)

requesting me to order augmentation of the Garrison at Dartmouth in consequence of a petition from Isaac Shearman Commissary for the Troops there

GEORGE WASHINGTON * Authentic MOUNT VERNON Wood Artifact Relic * 1859 ALBERT EINSTEIN ___ was received yesterdaySmall antique circular artifact manufactured from wood grown on Washingtons Mount Vernon estate, measuring appx. 3. 25 in diameter, circa 1859, and bearing an encapsulated engraved portrait of Washington and his mansion on the front. The original label affixed to reverse which has since deteriorated stated: Washington, D. C., 14th Nov. 1859, I hereby certify that the picture frame stamped From Mount Vernon, J. Crutchett, (to which this is attached),