ugh, 1827; was member of the State
Legislature, 1829; member of Congress, 1833-1837; United States
senator, 1837-1842; brigadier-general of volunteers, March, 1847;
served under General Scott throughout the Mexican campaign; President
of the United States, 1853-1857. He retired to Concord, New Hampshire,
and died there, October 8, 1869.

No. 67. (p. 352)
PLATE LXVIII.

_July 2, 1853._

Smyrna. American sloop of war St. Louis. Austrian brig of war
Hussar. [Rx]. Presented by the President of the United States to
Commander Duncan N. Ingraham, etc.

COMMANDER DUNCAN NATHANIEL INGRAHAM.

[_Release of Martin Coszta._]

The United States sloop-of-war St Louis, and the Austrian brig-of-war
Hussar, are at anchor in the roads of Smyrna; while a second Austrian
war vessel and three mail steamers are at a little distance. The city
of Smyrna and the ruins of the Acropolis, on Mount Pagus, are in the
background. Exergue: SMYRNA. AMERICAN SLOOP OF WAR ST. LOUIS. AUSTRIAN
BRIG OF WAR HUSSAR, S. EASTMAN D. (_delineavit._) P. F. CROSS SC..
(_sculpsit._) LONGACRE.

Within a wreath of laurel and oak: PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES TO COMMANDER DUNCAN N. (_Nathaniel_) INGRAHAM AS A
TESTIMONIAL OF THE HIGH SENSE ENTERTAINED BY CONGRESS OF HIS GALLANT
AND JUDICIOUS CONDUCT ON THE 2D OF JULY 1853. JOINT RESOLUTION OF
CONGRESS AUGUST 4{TH} 1854. Exergue: The American eagle, with
outspread wings, holds an anchor in its talons; above are thirty-one
stars, the whole lighted by the rays of the sun. S. EASTMAN D.
(_delineavit._) J. B. LONGACRE SC. (_sculpsit_).

SETH EASTMAN was graduated at West Point as second lieutenant of (p. 353)
infantry, July 1, 1829; was assistant teacher of drawing at West
Point, 1833-1840; first lieutenant, 1836; and captain, 1839. He
engraved the armorial bearings of several of the new States, and
designed the Ingraham medal. He was living in Washington in 1872.

P. F. CROSS, who engraved the obverse of the Ingraham medal, was born
in Sheffield, England, and died in Philadelphia in 1856.

JAMES BARTON LONGACRE was born in Delaware County, Pennsylvania,
August 11, 1794, and became a steel-plate engraver. In 1844 he was
appointed engraver to the United States Mint, in Philadelphia, and
retained the situation till his death, January 14, 1869. He was also
one of the publishers and proprietors of the "National