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Box 59

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Contains 1 Result:

Ivory brocade textile (5) Note in O.P.’s hand: “ 17 March 1930~ Los Angeles; Abby Cromwell Hirschfeld (b. in Providence, R.I.) gave me this brocade, part of the 18th C. wedding gown of Mrs. Fenner, wife of Gov. James Fenner, of Providence ~governor from 1807 to 1811 and later. His great-granddaughter is Sarah Dexter Past Lindsey (of G[?] and, she and, Abby C. H. were school mates. Mrs. L seems to be selling all her heirlooms.” Additional Note in O.P.’s hand: “Fenner wife of Gov. of R.I.”

 Item — Box: 59, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content From the Series: This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates: 1800-1939