Oxcart
- Object Name:
- Oxcart
- Object ID:
- 1960.045
- Place of Origin:
- Webster, NH
- Date:
- 1780-1800
- Description:
- Ox cart, used in Boscawen/Webster, NH. Wooden body, axle, and shaft. Two wooden wheels with iron tires.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-60 W-97 L-192 inches
- Provenance:
- According to the donor, the cart was originally owned by Abidaman Sanborn in the western part of Boscawen (now Webster), c. 1780, and remained in the Sanborn family until 1960. It was used by the Sanborns until 1939.
Tristram Sanborn (1774-1851) was born in Epping, NH, and moved to Boscawen. He had a son John Abidan Sanborn (1799-1897). - Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles T. Sanborn
- Subjects:
- Ox carts
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