Nail
- Object Name:
- Nail
- Object ID:
- 1958.090.21
- Date:
- 1839
- Description:
- Five nails from Old Worsted Church, Canterbury, NH. Cut nails with machine-formed heads. Shorter ones all same style with slightly bulbous square head. Longest one has narrow rectangular head.
- Material:
- Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- L-3.55 inches
- Provenance:
- Objects related to author, artist, and lay preacher Sarah Elizabeth (Harper) Monmouth (1829-1887) during her life at the "Worsted Church," Canterbury, NH. The objects were collected by Alida May (Cogswell) True Dickerman Hodges (1873-1940), who became interested in the history and preservation of the church and whose grandfather, Abel Cogswell (1794-1868) was a founder and elder of the church. The collection was preserved and donated by her daughter Doris (True) Davis (1901-1991).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Doris True Davis
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