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Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography and Life and Writings of Dr. James Clarke Welling

John Marshall slave bill of sale
Autograph manuscript, Bill of Sale, sale of a slave family dated 3 July 1787, 1 page,
John B. Johnson sells slave woman, named Dicey, and her child; on verso John Marshall writes bill of sale for mother and child to Jaquelin Ambler.

This bill…

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Crayon and china white shoulder length portrait of two boys. Signed and dated “A. Wunder 1855"in 1855 Adalbert Wunder drew several portraits of the sons and nephew of Sen. James Dixon and wife, Elizabeth L.C. Dixon. According to Art and Artists in…

Elizabeth L.C. Dixon's Wedding Dress
Wedding dress worn on October 1, 1840 by Elizabeth L. C. Dixon on the day of her marriage to James Dixon, Esq. She wore it again in 1842 at her presentation to King Louis Phillippe of France, in Italy when she met Pope Gregory XVI and in 1846 when…

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A small gold locket containing a few hairs from the head of Alexander Hamilton is engraved on the back: “The hair of Alexander Hamilton which was given by his descendant to Mrs. Martha Lyman Foster and left by her to Miss E.L. Dixon.” The above Mrs.…

A 4 1/4" diameter, eighteenth century iron and steel round tinder box with a handled box fitted with a socket on the cover for a candle.

19 ½” tall, brown-eyed, blond wigged bisque doll which belonged to the donor’s mother. The full body and legs are made of white kid leather, which is stuffed with sawdust. The arms are also kid to the midpoint of the forearm where bisque forearms are…

This doll is 18 1/2" tall overall and has a black guttapercha head, black kid hands, white cotton body and legs, and wears a white turban and green and white cotton print dress. It was owned by the Misses Elizabeth and Clementine Dixon, daughters of…

Spectacle case which comprises of a hard case made of black leather with blue velvet lining. The case is imprinted with: “Mary K. Nee, Optician/ 805 Main St. / Hartfor, [sic] Conn.” Also included are a pair of gold, octagonal turn-pin spectacles with…

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This footstool and a tester bed were bequeathed to CHS by Miss Elizabeth Dixon Welling. These items purchased in April-May 1865 from Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln just prior to her departing the White House.

The upholstered portion looks quite new with…
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