Box, Ballot
- Object Name:
- Box, Ballot
- Object ID:
- 2010.014.01-.05
- Date:
- 1861-1890
- Description:
- Ballot box used by 1st New Hampshire Cavalry veterans. Rectangular chestnut body with center divider, two opposing hinged covers, and turned wooden handle on one end. White stenciled lettering on one side: "1 / N. H. CAV." One cover has a 1.1" diam. hole drilled through it. Other cover has a turned wooden knob. Contains 6 wooden cubes (2010.014.02.01-.06), 6 maple balls (2010.014.03.01-.06), 3 black glass balls (2010.014.04.01-.03), and 18 white glass balls (2010.014.05.01-.18).
- Material:
- Wood
Chestnut
Glass - Dimensions:
- H-3.3 W-4.6 L-14.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Probably used during meetings of the 1st New Hampshire Cavalry veterans organization after the Civil War.
Purchased by donor at auction of Roger Steffen Historical Militaria, Newport, KY, in 1989. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Thomas F. Kehr
- Subjects:
- Civil War, Voting, Ballot boxes, Ballot counting, Boxes
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