Description:
Rectangular embossed leather trunk highlighted with brass nails and affixed with a brass plate inscribed "S PHELPS HADLEY MASS." The trunk is important because it bears the label of Northampton saddler Ebenezer Hancock (d. 1868), who moved from Boston in 1830. The printed label reads: "Ebenezer Hancock Main St. Northampton, Mass. Manufactures and keeps constantly for sale Saddles, Bridals, Harnesses, Trunks, Military Equipage, Gentleman's Neck Stocks, and Fancy Caps, with a general assortment of articles usually kept in his line on as reasonable terms as can be purchased elsewhere. N.B. --- Old Saddles taken in part payment for new." This leather trunk, found in the home of Charles Porter Phelps (1772-1857) of Hadley, Massachusetts, likely belonged to Charles Porter Phelps’ daughter, Sarah Phelps (b. 1805). Charles Porter Phelps and his children relocated to Hadley from Boston just as his wife, Sarah Davenport Parsons Phelps (1775?-1817) died from “Typhus Fever.” The family settled in a house across the street from Charles’ parents, Charles Phelps Jr. (1744-1814) and Elizabeth Porter Phelps (1747-1817), at Forty Acres.
Label Text:
This leather trunk, found in the home of Charles Porter Phelps (1772-1857) of Hadley, Massachusetts, likely belonged to Charles Porter Phelps’ daughter, Sarah Phelps (b. 1805). Charles Porter Phelps and his children relocated to Hadley from Boston just as his wife, Sarah Davenport Parsons Phelps (1775?-1817) died from “Typhus Fever.” The family settled in a house across the street from Charles’ parents, Charles Phelps Jr. (1744-1814) and Elizabeth Porter Phelps (1747-1817), at Forty Acres.
Subjects:
Brass; Leather Link to share this object record:
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