T, F. (_fecit_).

Six crowns of laurel and oak intertwined; in each the name of one of
the Mexican victories of General Scott: VERA CRUZ. CERRO GORDO.
CONTRERAS. SAN ANTONIO & CHURUBUSCO. MOLINO DEL REY. CHAPULTEPEC. In
the centre is the taking of the capital, CITY OF MEXICO, which General
Scott is observing on horseback. G. C. HUMPHRIES DEL. (_delineavit._)
C. C. WRIGHT FECt. (_fecit_).

SALATHIEL ELLIS was born in Vermont in 1806, and followed his parents
to St. Lawrence County, New York. He became a portrait painter, cameo
cutter and die sinker. He settled in New York city about 1842, and
designed the obverses of the medals awarded to General Taylor for
Buena Vista, and to General Scott for Mexico; he engraved the obverses
of the medals of Presidents Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, and Lincoln,
and also of that given to Cornelius Vanderbilt.

G. C. HUMPHRIES, who designed the reverse of this medal, died in
London, England.

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ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. (p. 305)

_Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Scott._

_Resolved unanimously by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled_: That the
thanks of Congress be, and they are hereby, presented to Winfield
Scott, Major-General commanding-in-chief the army in Mexico, and
through him to the officers and men of the regular and volunteer
corps under him, for their uniform gallantry and good conduct,
conspicuously displayed at the siege and capture of the city of
Vera Cruz and castle of San Juan d'Ulloa, March 29, 1847; and in
the successive battles of Cerro Gordo, April 18; Contreras, San
Antonio, and Churubusco, August 19 and 20; and for the victories
achieved in front of the city of Mexico, September 8, 11, 12, and
13; and the capture of the metropolis, September 14, 1847; in
which the Mexican troops, greatly superior in numbers, and with
every advantage of position, were in every conflict signally
defeated by the American arms.

_Resolved_, That the President of the United States be, and he is
hereby, requested to cause to be struck a gold medal, with
devices emblematical of the series of brilliant victories
achieved by the army, and presented to Major-General Winfield
Scott, as a testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress