Boston physician, orator, and patriot (1741-1775) who was a pivotal figure in the early revolutionary agitation in Massachusetts. Rare silk mourning ribbon honoring the life of Joseph Warren, 3 x 6.75, featuring engravings of the Bunker Hill Monument and a portrait of "Maj. Gen. Joseph Warren, Who was slain in the Battle of Bunker Hill," with poem below: "For God's inalienable rights to man. / Our fathers fought and bled! So glorious were those rights secured. The sons revere the dead." In very good condition, with staining, creasing, and fraying to the edges. From the Collection of Dr. Lawrence E. Miller.
