TIFT & WHITING COIN SILVER EWER "INSANE ASYLUM TO A.C GIBBS GOV. PORT,OR 1862

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AMERICAN COIN SILVER EWER BY TIFT & WHITING (1840-1853)
INSCRIBED
" PATIENTS OF THE STATE INSANE ASYLUM
TO GOV. A.C GIBBS PORTLAND OREGON 1862"
The 1862 Oregon Legislature instructed
Governor
A. C. Gibbs
to select a location in
Salem
for a permanent state hospital for the insane.
wikipedia.org/wiki/A._C._Gibbs
wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Hospital_for_the_Insane
EWER IS 6 1/2" HIGH .THERE ARE 2 DENTS IN THE SIDES AS SEEN IN PICS..MORE PICS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST