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Culture:American
Title:knapsack storage box
Date Made:1827
Type:Container
Materials:wood: whitewood; paint, leather
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Leverett?
Measurements:overall: 7 7/8 x 17 1/8 x 17 in.; 20.0025 x 43.4975 x 43.18 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2003.37.1
Credit Line:Gift from the Collection of William H. Guthman
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Militia knapsack storage box from Leverett, Massachusetts, which is painted on the top "LEVERETT/ Light Infantry / KNAPSACKS / 1827 / pluribus unum." This wooden box, which has its original green paint with black and yellow decoration and a lift cover with leather hinges, may be the only example of a militia knapsack storage box known.

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