S 1850. Undraped bust of
President Fillmore, facing the right. S. ELLIS.

LABOR VIRTUE HONOR. A pioneer from the far West, his left hand on a
ploughshare, explains to an Indian chief the benefits of civilization,
of which he wishes him to partake. The American flag envelops both in
its folds. In the background is a farm-house. J. WILLSON.

JOSEPH WILLSON was born at Canton, St Lawrence County, New York, in
1825. He studied portrait painting with Salathiel Ellis, followed him
to New York in 1842, and began cutting cameos and die sinking. In 1848
he removed to Washington, under the patronage of the Honorable R. H.
Gillet, member of Congress from St Lawrence County, New York,
associated himself in business with Salathiel Ellis, and made the
reverses of the Indian medals of Presidents Fillmore and Pierce. In
1851 he went to Italy to study sculpture, and remained abroad three
years. He died, September 8, 1857.

MILLARD FILLMORE was born at Summerhill, Cayuga County, New York,
January 7, 1800. He began the study of law in 1819, and was admitted
to the bar to practise as an attorney in 1827; was counsellor in the
Supreme Court of the State of New York, 1829; and settled in (p. 350)
Buffalo, 1830. He was a member of the State Legislature, 1829-1831;
member of Congress, 1832-1834, and again, 1837-1841; comptroller of
the State of New York, 1847; vice-president of the United States,
1849, and President on the death of General Taylor (June 10),
1850-1853. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Presidency in
1856, and died in Buffalo, New York, March 8, 1874.

No. 66. (p. 351)
PLATE LXVII.

_March 4, 1853--March 4, 1857._

Franklin Pierce, President of the United States. 1853. [Rx].
Labor virtue honor.

PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE.

[_Fourteenth President of the United States of America._]

FRANKLIN PIERCE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 1853. Undraped bust
of President Pierce, facing the left. S. ELLIS.

LABOR VIRTUE HONOR. A pioneer from the far West, his left hand on a
ploughshare, explains to an Indian chief the benefits of civilization,
of which he wishes him to partake. The American flag envelops both in
its folds. In the background is a farm-house. J. WILLSON.

FRANKLIN PIERCE was born at Hillsborough, New Hampshire, November 23,
1804. He was graduated at Bowdoin College, Maine, 1824, and was
admitted to the bar at Hillsboro