Description:
Hide-covered trunk with the initials "EH" in brass tacks, for Elihu Hoyt (1777-1833). According to George Sheldon, "Elihu, son of David... col. of militia; an important man in his generation; was in the legislature as rep. or senator or in the council every year save three from 1803 to his death in 1833; in consitutional convention 1820; was long county commissioner and much employed in minor offices of trust and honor; he was born and lived in the "Old Indian House" and published a Brief History of Dfd., to supply the demand for information fr. the swarms of curious visitors.." The trunk is covered with brass-headed tacks and lined with brown wallpaper with white designs. Mrs. Henry King Hoyt of Deerfield (born Catherine Wells, 1805-1891) gift to PVMA, listed in the Picture and Manuscript Room as: "38. Old Trunk Marked "E. H." (Elihu Hoyt), 1777-1833."
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