Box, Document
- Object Name:
- Box, Document
- Object ID:
- 1946.037.13
- Date:
- circa 1861
- Description:
- Civil War dispatch case with ink bottle. Wooden exterior with tin cylinder inside. Stamped "PAT'D DEC. 24. 1861". Contains nine empty envelopes: six are imprinted in red, "4th Regiment N.H.V.", four of which are inscribed "Col Louis Bell / For Mrs Bell / Beaufort / S.C."; two envelopes lack the red imprint but are inscribed as above; one envelope is totally blank. Round glass ink bottle with fluted sides and metal cap.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Textile
Glass - Dimensions:
- L-8.5 Dia-2 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Col. Louis Bell (1836-1865), commander of the 4th New Hampshire Regiment during the Civil War.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Samuel Dana Bell
- Subjects:
- Civil War
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