Box

Object Name:

Box

Object ID:

2006.504

Date:

1800-1820

Description:

Box, for the papers of the First Congregational Church, Concord, N.H. Mahogany, with maple bottom. Dovetail construction, with particularly fine dovetails. Lid had breadboard ends and beaded edges. Hinges are missing. Several inscriptions on this box: hand-written note tacked to left side, script lettering: "This Box is the property / of the First Congregational / Church, Concord, N.H. / The Papers, Records and Files, / ___"; hand-written note tacked to lid interior: "The Records, Papers / and Pamphlets are the / property of the First Con- / gregational Church of / Concord, N.H."; and ink inscription on bottom: "{1st Congregational Church and Societys Box of Papers}". Iron lock; rectangular brass escutcheon with cut-out corners. Iron bale handles on short ends with oval nut covers. Interior has slots for dividers, but dividers are missing. Brass tacks on right side case interior and lid interior for a leather or cloth strap, which is missing. Bottom nailed with small cut nails. Box bottom has split going whole length. Small pieces of rope attached to both handles.

Material:

Wood
Metal

Dimensions:

H-13 W-18 D-13.625 inches

Provenance:

Box for papers, pamphlets, and files of the First Congregational Church and Society, Concord, N.H. This box is likely the box in which papers of the First Congregational Church were brought to NHHS. See manuscripts collections for several collections of church papers (it is not know with which donation of papers this box came).

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection