Hair
- Object Name:
- Hair
- Object ID:
- 2002.023.11
- Date:
- 1824
- Description:
- Lock of baby's brown hair, from Abigail Gilman Perry (1824-1868) of Exeter, NH. Wrapped in paper inscribed, "Some of the babies hair when only a fortnight old. Abby". Was in envelope inscribed, "Abbie Gilman (Mrs. Dr. Perry) had a daughter Abby who married Frank Fisk & lived in Concord, N.H. Her daughter Abby was my mother's age & intimate friend. As I remember this Abba, she had dark brown hair, blue eyes."
- Material:
- Hair
- Dimensions:
- L-1.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Perry-Dudley Family Archive and Shepard Collection.
Abigail Gilman (Abby) Perry (1824-1868) was the daughter of Dr. William Perry (1788-1887) and Abigail Gilman Perry (1789-1860). - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Shepard, Jr., in memory of Mr. Shepard's mother and maternal grandmother
- People:
- Perry, Abigail Gilman (1824-1868), Perry, Abigail Gilman (1789-1860), Perry, William (1788-1887)
- Subjects:
- Memento
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