button / Thomas Davis / Repeal of the Union

Repeal Button. Brass, about 1840. Incised around GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, REPEAL OF THE UNION.# In relief is a harp below a five-pointed crown; a shamrock on either side of it; below, AGITATE. No mark on back. Written in ink on the piece of paper in which button wrapped on receipt, and which had, in the donor's memory, always been with the button: POOR TOM DAVIS' REPEAL BUTTON, WHICH HE MY DARLING BROTHER USED TO WEAR, BUT SOON PUT DOWN THE USE OF BY MOST SENSIBLE PERSONS (Name illegible). The donor was a descendant of Thomas Davis.;