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Wallet

Object Name:
Wallet
Object ID:
2017.014.097
Date:
1820-1830
Description:
Wallet, leather. Pouch-style wallet, folded in middle, with interior pocket and closing flap and strap. Flap curves down to strap from both sides.Strap slides under smaller strap fixed to back to hold wallet closed. Brown leather, with worn lines scored in surface. Remains of green and white printed paper stuck to inside, possibly wallpaper.
Material:
Leather
Dimensions:
H-2.3 W-3.6 Dia-0.6 inches
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
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