Nails

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Nails

Dimensions6.98 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Markings"Hand wrought nails from old farm gate of Mr. / Pierce, originally came from Brighton stock yards / many years ago"; "Hand wrought nail / from the / Old Palmenter House / Bedford Road Concord Mass"; "Hand wrought nails from / the old Wheeler House / Sudbury Road Concord / Mass. Used in split boards / for lathes"; "Handwrought nails / from the old Cotton / House on West Acton Road"

Object numberM2133B

DescriptionCollection of hand-wrought nails from the following: 2 from a gate, Brighton; 2 from the old Cotton House, West Acton Road; 3 from the old Wheeler House, Sudbury Road, Concord; 1 from the Old Palmenter House, Bedford Road, Concord; 2 nails; 1 spike. 11 individual pieces, some with identifying notes (some detached).