Memorial to George Washington and Alexander Hamilton By Harriot Wales age 14 Walesville, Oneida Co. New York 1809 Memorial honoring two founding fathers of the United States. Although George Washington and his aid Alexander Hamilton were of very different temperaments, their combined talents were a formidable force in the American Revolution. This extremely rare Washington/ Hamilton silk embroidered memorial has a , well documented provenance. It was worked by Harriot Wales, daughter of Jonathan and Jerusha Babcock Wales of Walesville, NY, in 1809. Harriot was born 1795 in Windham, CT, and in 1797 migrated, with her parents at age 2, to Walesville, NY. Harriot married Anson Smith, c.1811, son of Amos Smith (a revolutionary War veteran) of Westmoreland, Oneida Co, NY. Harriot and Anson conducted a tavern at Walesville - later known as Walesville Hotel which had been built for them by her father. Harriot and Anson lived all their married lives (over 60 years) in the Walesville Hotel. They are buried in Westmoreland cemetery with some of their children. Harriot's memorial hung in the parlor of the Hotel for 60+ years and was passed down through their daughter Julia Ann (Smith) Howes to Julia's granddaughter Dalla F. Smith who lived in Utica, NY. In 1973 it was bought by Don Ladd of Hampton, CT who was distantly related to Harriot the maker. Silk and watercolor on silk; 15 ½" x 20" sight, 22 ¾" x 27 ½" framed. $4,500 STEPHEN & CAROL HUBER (860) 388-6809 View Other Silk Embroidered Memorials