Snuff box was manufactured in the shape of a book. Exterior consists a hand-colored portrait of Zachary Taylor on one side and printed text reading FORGET / ME / NOT on the other both are covered with glass. Interior of box contains a mirror. Snuff box is likely to be a memorial item issued after Taylor's death in 1850. Collection contains two slightly variant copies of item.
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Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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