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Dateca. 1860
Terms
- Pens
- Tin
- Feathers
- Silk Fiber
- Cardstock
- United States
Dimensions22.21 cm (8 3/4 in.)
MarkingsLabel on pen: "The pen brother Henry last wrote with." Separate label: "The Pen/ Brother Henry Last/ Wrote With."
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberTH10.13A
DescriptionPen: goose quill, cut down feather and tin repair. Label: manuscript on cardstock with silk tie. Sometime between 1862 and 1874, Sophia Thoreau wrote out a poignant message on a piece of cardstock and attached it with a coral-colored silk ribbon to a quill pen with its barbs peeled and trimmed in the fashion typical of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Collections
- Henry David Thoreau Collection
Object number: PER1177.2B
Object number: PER1177.2C
Object number: TH10.13A.1
Object number: H0406A
Object number: H2072.0001