Wood, Worked
- Object Name:
- Wood, Worked
- Object ID:
- 2022.024.01
- Place of Origin:
- Plainfield, NH
- Date:
- 1860
- Description:
- Wood block with incised Manchester family record, poem, and ink inscription. Rectangular, with dark brown finish. Front has incised image of two-story house with picket fence, tree, and barn with "1812" in the gable. Incised text: "Manchester Place / in 1854 / This Sturdy Oak in all / its beauty was hewn down / by Dea Haven in / 1857". Opposite side: black ink inscription across grain, faded and difficult to decipher. Top edge: incised script, "ADM To BFM in 1860" (Alvin D. Manchester to Benjamin Franklin Manchester). Bottom edge: incised list of the 14 children of Nathaniel and Polly Manchester of Plainfield, NH: "Record / John / Tamer / Alvin D. / Mary / Mariah / Dennis / Denison / Liza B / Hariet / Nelson / Polly / Benj / Seb [?] / Fanny". Ends of block are not marked.
- Material:
- Oak
- Dimensions:
- H-3.4 W-11.1 D-1.25 inches
- Provenance:
- This wood block is a record of the family of Nathaniel Manchester (1777-1840) and Polly Wheeler Manchester (1785-1855) of Plainfield, NH. From the Hildreth Farm, Cornish, NH. The farm was built c. 1793 by Samuel Hildreth (1764-1840) and passed to his son James Hildreth (1797-1872), who married Tamer Manchester (1803-1851) of Plainfield. After Tamer's death, James married her younger sister, Harriet B. Manchester (1818-1888). The donor is the great-great grandson of James Hildreth.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mark Tyrrell Hooper and Mira Rapp Hooper in memory of our uncle James Hildreth Tyrrell
- People:
- Manchester, Nathaniel (1777-1840), Manchester, Polly Wheeler (1785-1855), Manchester, John (1804-1883), Hildreth, Tamar Manchester (1806-1851), Manchester, Alvin D. (1808-1879), Manchester, Mary (b. 1810), Manchester, Dennis (1811-1895), Wilson, Mariah Manchester (1813-1882), Manchester, Denison, Manchester, Elizabeth (1816-1847), Hildreth, Harriet B. Manchester (1818-1889), Manchester, Polly (1820-1840), Manchester, Nelson (1822-1894), Manchester, Benjamin (1829-1908), Manchester, S., Morgan, Fanny Manchester (1830-1909)
- Subjects:
- Family records, Pictorial, Family trees
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