Needle, Sewing
- Object Name:
- Needle, Sewing
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.059.2
- Date:
- 1820-1845
- Description:
- Needles, sewing. Three large sewing needles. All three have elongated eyelets. Shortest one has a curved flat point, others are round. With two notes: "Needles used to / sew hop bags to / send by ox team / to Boston." and "Two needles used to / sew up hop bags when / filled. / Curved style best - very old".
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Provenance:
- Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.
The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
- People:
- Stone, James (1785-1874)
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