Box, Letter
- Object Name:
- Box, Letter
- Object ID:
- 1945.026
- Date:
- 1820-1840
- Description:
- Letter chest. Rectangular wooden box, stained red, with hinged lid. Pegged construction. Interior compartment on right. Typescript label inside lid: "Sept. 8, 1945. / Gift of Miss Martha Hale Shackford, 7 Midland Rd., / Wellesley, Mass. / One handmade letter chest (wooden & put to- / gether with wooden pegs) handed down from her / grandfather (Dea. James Drew Hale of Barrington, / N. H.), son of Thomas Wright Hale and Lydia Drew - / grandson of Maj. Samuel Hale (Portsmouth) - great / grandson of Rev. John Hale (Beverly, Mass.) & great / great grandson of James Hale (Charlestown, Mass.) / who came from Kent, England."
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-8 W-19 D-9.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Handed down from Deacon James Drew Hale (1789-1845) of Barrington, NH, grandfather of the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha Hale Shackford
- People:
- Hale, James Drew (1789-1845)
- Subjects:
- Boxes
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