1835 - 1855 Mercy Slocum Akin's Needle Case
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1855
label: date made
content: 1835-1855
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This sewing or needle case has a label sewn inside "made by Mercy Slocum Akin for her grand-daughter Imogene Stuart before 1855."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Elizabeth Cundall (1761 RI - 1822 NY) married April 11, 1782, Matthew Slocum (1751/52 RI – 1838 NY). Daughter: Mercy Brownell Slocum (1783 R I-1866 NY) m. 1800 Ethan Akin (1779-1825) in NY. Daughter: Mary Loisa Akin (1818 NY-1898 CT) m. John Stuart (1807-1870). Daughter: Imogene Stuart (1845 CT – 1918 NE)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Robert B. Stephens
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0712.09
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0712.09
label: accession number
content: 1989.0712
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sewing Case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 4 in; 42 cm x 11 cm