Coat, Military
- Object Name:
- Coat, Military
- Object ID:
- 1964.014
- Date:
- circa 1805
- Description:
- Military uniform coat. Red dress militia coat, wool, fulled, plainweave. High standing collar. Buttoned to waist with brass, eagle buttons. Shaped row of buttons also on either side of front. Buttons down back panels also trimmed with black silk braid. Coat lined with linen twill and padded down front. Worn by Captain Benjamin Goodridge (1773-1842) of Lyndeborough.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Brass - Provenance:
- Dress uniform coat worn by Capt. Benjamin Goodridge (1773-1842), of Lyndeborough, NH, a captain in the New Hampshire State Militia. The donor was the widow of Everett Goodrich Couch (1879-1960), the great-grandson of Capt. Benjamin Goodrich.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Eugenia H. Couch
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