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===Legacy=== An engraved portrait of Manning appears on U.S. paper money, the series 1886 $20 silver certificate.<ref>{{Citation | title = Portraits on U.S. Bank Notes | publisher = The National Currency Foundation | url = http://nationalcurrencyfoundation.org/portrait-Daniel-Manning-31 | access-date = December 22, 2012}}</ref> These collectible notes are referred to as "Mannings" or "diamondbacks" due to their unusual reverse design, and because of their rarity they often sell for between $1,000 and $5,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oldmoneyprices.com/twenty-dollars-1886-silver-certificate-values/ |title=Value of 1886 $20 Silver Certificates |last= |first= |website=Old Money Prices.com |publisher=Old Money Prices |access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref> In 1898, engraver [[George T. Morgan]] created for the [[United States Mint]] a commemorative medal depicting Manning.<ref name="Failor"/> 160 medals were struck and offered for sale.<ref name="Worthpoint">{{cite web |url=https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1898-s-mint-medal-daniel-manning-1912249441 |title=1898 U.S. Mint Medal Daniel Manning Rare Choice |website=Worthpoint.com |publisher=WorthPoint Corporation |location=Atlanta, GA |access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref> Many are still in circulation, and sell for between $100 and $200 at auction.<ref name="Worthpoint"/> In 1898, the Treasury Department's [[United States Revenue Cutter Service]] commissioned two new ships named for previous Treasury secretaries, one of which was USRC ''Daniel Manning''.<ref name="Revenue">{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-history.net/OW-US/Manning/USRC_Manning.htm |title=USRC Manning |date=January 23, 2018 |website=Log Books of the U.S. Revenue Service/Coast Guard, 19th and 20th Centuries |publisher=Naval-History.Net}}</ref> During her service, ''Manning'' performed patrol duty off [[New England]] and in the [[Bering Sea]].<ref name="Revenue"/> ''Manning'' was assigned to the [[United States Navy]] during the [[Spanish–American War]] and took part in an engagement off [[Cabañas, Cuba]].<ref name="Revenue"/> During [[World War I]], ''Manning'' was based at [[Gibraltar]] and escorted trade convoys to [[England]] and conducted anti-submarine patrols in the [[Mediterranean]].<ref name="Revenue"/> ''Manning'' was decommissioned and sold in 1930.<ref name="Revenue"/> In 1887, Manning received the [[honorary degree]] of [[Legum Doctor|LL.D.]] from [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Committee on the General Catalogue |date=1916 |title=Catalogue of Officers and Graduates of Columbia University |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dEMbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1090 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Columbia University |page=1090 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> There is a memorial pillar to Manning at the [[Cathedral of All Saints (Albany, New York)|Cathedral of All Saints]] in Albany.<ref>{{cite book |author=Woman's Cathedral League |date=1905 |title=Historical and Architectural Guide to the Cathedral of All Saints |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8Mlg73ht_oC&pg=PA44 |location=Albany, NY |publisher=J. B. Lyon Company |page=44 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> Albany's South Manning Boulevard, [[Manning Boulevard]], and North Manning Boulevard, an extended street that is one of the city's main thoroughfares, was named for Manning.<ref name="Grains"/>
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