To Pat and whom it may concern,
The best reference I have found on historical buttons is "Record
of American Uniform and Historical Buttons, Bicentennial Edition" by
Alphaeus H. Albert, (Boyertown Publishing Co., Boyertown,PA,1977).
There is also a book on button backmarks that may help. I will try
and find it and send it along. Albert's book is priced around 40.00
Best of Luck,
John Mark Joseph,
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