Whip
- Object Name:
- Whip
- Object ID:
- 1930.010
- Creator:
- Gibson, Wood
Leatherworker - Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1869
- Description:
- Coach whip, in leather-covered box. Ivory handle with engraved brass cap. Tapered shaft covered with black leather. One brass and seven gray metal ferrules around shaft, all with engraved decoration. Long braided rawhide lash.
In wooden box covered with worn, decorated brown leather. Hinged cover with oval silver nameplate, 1.3" x 2", engraved with black lettering: "E.K. COX, / FRANCONIA / N.H." Cover has worn black fabric lining with stamped gold lettering: "WOOD GIBSON / SADDLER. / NEW YORK." Worn and faded purple velvet lining shaped to hold whip. - Material:
- Leather
Ivory
Metal
Brass
Silver - Dimensions:
- L-44.2 Dia-0.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Given to coach driver Edmund Kimball Cox (1823-1886) of Holderness, NH, by President Ulysses S. Grant after his visit to New Hampshire in 1869. Donated by Nellie M. Cox (1860-1939), wife of Edmund K. Cox's nephew, George B. Cox (1860-1924).
Edmund Cox drove President Grant from Littleton to the Profile House at Franconia Notch in the record time of 58 minutes in August 1869. Grant, an avid horseman, sent Cox this whip as a Christmas gift in honor of his skill as a driver. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Nellie M. Cox
- Subjects:
- Whips, Stagecoaches, Christmas presents
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