Wood log from tree under which George Fox preached w/document
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1750-1844
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 31.8 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Section of tree branch with bark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Barlow, 1844
Object Number:
INV.838
Marks:
hand written: on label: "George Fox Oak/ Presented to/ RS Haviland/ by/ Mary [?]ock/ Flushing BiCentennial/ 5th Mo 29th 1895"
Gallery Label:
A note found with the object reads as follows: "A piece of the leafless, branchless, dead trunk of the famous dead Oak which stands in Flushing, L.I. under the shade of which, Geo. Fox, the Quaker, two centuries since, when he could obtain neither Church nor School House, or other suitable building for the purpose, stood & preached to large gatherings of the people which (who?) heard him gladly. I may perhaps at a future day give a more accurate & detailed [illeg.] of this matter to the Society.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1844
eMuseum Object ID:
26674
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl made of wood from Charter Oak
Classification:
Date:
ca.1688
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 5 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 14 cm )
Description:
Carved wooden bowl made from piece of the Charter Oak; bark ring around outside of bowl; two handwritten inscriptions on paper labels affixed to inside and outside.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Isabel F. Hapgood
Object Number:
INV.820
Marks:
Handwritten: on paper label affixed to inside of bowl: "A piece of the famous/ "Charter Oak"/ Secured at Hartford Conn./ --by the late Asa Hapgood--/ when the Oak blew down/ Presented by Miss Isabel/ F. Hapgood Nov. 30 1912"
Handwritten: in paper label a
Gallery Label:
According to a note affixed to the bowl, it was made from wood from the Charter Oak in Hartford, Connecticut, secured by Asa Hapgood after the tree blew down.The oak was the tree in which the colony's liberal charter is said to have been hidden when, in 1687, British officials sought to confiscate it. When the tree fell in 1856, the property upon which it stood belonged to Isaac W. Stuart.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1688
eMuseum Object ID:
26586
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fragment of ship's hull from the "Somerset" w/2 documents
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1770-1780
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 10 x 10 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 25.4 x 26 cm )
Description:
Large wooden fragment.
Credit Line:
Gift of James Morris Whiton, 1920
Object Number:
INV.11063
Marks:
pen inscription: on accompanying note: "This block is from the hull of the/frigate Somerset which fought at/Bunker Hill and was lost on Cape/Cod./Gift to the New York Historical Society/from the collection of James Morris Whiton, Sept. 24, 1920"
Gallery Label:
A note found nailed to the object reads: "From "The World" N.Y. May 16/86 / The Somerset, 40 to 60 guns, & 480 men, Capt Aurly [Curly?]. Referred to by Longfellow in "Paul Revere's Ride." Took part in battle of Bunker Hill. For two years remained in [illeg.]. 1778, wrecked [-----] Peaked Hill... to have been uncovered for a short time by a storm some forty years ago. Some five feet [3 illeg. words]. Now buried again [rest illeg.]"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
26535
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Section of branch of tree planted by Lincoln
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 5 1/4 x 1 in. ( 7.6 x 13.3 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Cross section of branch.
Credit Line:
Gift of Stuyvesant Fish
Object Number:
1944.334
Gallery Label:
A note from the donor states that an inscription in his father's handwriting on end of the log read as follows: "A piece of the only tree Abraham Lincoln is known to have himself planted. It stood on the only land he ever owned. S.F."On the other end of the log was a note in the same handwriting reading "Given to me by Mrs. Edmonds[?] at the Lincoln House, Springfield, Illinois, July 31, 1898." The donor also states that he has a newspaper article saying that the tree blew down on Aug. 17, 1906.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
26490
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Block from Seaman's Retreat
Classification:
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 8.9 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Rectangular carved and painted block of wood, probably a piece of relic wood, possibly from the Seaman's Retreat, Staten Island; six sides decorated with; hourglass; a spyglass, a compass with a paper face, and a sextant; two anchors with intertwined rope; a three-masted sailing ship with two crossed American flags with a star; a star on each end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Robert Brooks
Object Number:
1952.292b
Gallery Label:
This block is associated with a block of relic wood (1952.292a) from the Seaman's Retreat, suggesting that it may be from the same structure. The Seaman's Retreat was built in Clifton, SI in 1834-37.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
26485
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Section of water pipe
Classification:
Date:
1770-1800
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. ( 18.4 x 31.8 cm )
Description:
Section of wooden water pipe where one piece of pipe was joined to another; metal hoop embedded in pipe.
Credit Line:
Gift of Chandler Davis
Object Number:
1901.1[dup]
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this pipe was dug up on Oliver Street, New York City, while changing sewers for the Rapid transit Tunnel.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
26484
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wood molding fragment from the steamboat "Lexington"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1885-1895
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. ( 2.2 x 7 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Wood fragment with tongue and groove and black and white paint on one side.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.852
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this fragment came from the steamboat "Lexington" ex "Washington." The ship was built for the Colonial Line in 1891 and lost on January 2, 1935.
Provenance:
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
26464
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fragment of wood from U.S.S. Arizona
Classification:
Date:
1935-1941
Medium:
Teakwood
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 5 in. ( 7 x 14.6 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Block of teakwood.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Edward M.Walsh
Object Number:
1972.3b
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this block was taken from the poop deck of the U.S.S. Arizona.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
26463
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Section of tree with shrapnel
Classification:
Date:
ca.1863
Medium:
Pine, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 71 x 10 in. ( 180.3 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Section of pine tree with three shells embedded in one side; two shell ends are cylindrical and closed, and one is a curved fragment; log wrapped in wire mesh.
Credit Line:
Gift of William M. V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1904.20
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this tree was cut down from the "Meyers farm" on the Chichamauga Battlefield near Chattanooga, where a battle was fought on September 19-20, 1863 between the Union Army under Roscrans and the Confederate Army under Bragg.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1863
eMuseum Object ID:
26454
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fragment of Washington's coffin
Classification:
Date:
1799
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 10.8 x 16.5 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Framed fragment of George Washington's coffin; small rectangular chip of wood glued on a card with inscription; "A Piece of Washington's Coffin," with cut-out window above backed with typed label; "Piece of wood from George Washington's coffin, presented to Davis Bevan Stacey by John Struthers of Philadelphia, who donoted the Washington Sarcophagi and was present at the re-intombment in 1837."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Eyre
Object Number:
1958.40a
Marks:
written: on framed card; "A piece of Washington's coffin"
printed: on card; "Piece of wood from George Washington's coffin, presented to Davis Bevan Stacey by John Struthers of Philadelphia, who donoted the Washington Farcophagi and was present at the re
Gallery Label:
In 1837, John Struthers, a Philadelphia sarcophagus manufacturer and retailer, donated a marble sarcophagus for the re-intombment of George Washington at his vault at Mount Vernon. In the process of re-interring Washington, his wooden inner coffin broke, and several fragments of wood were taken as relics.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1799
eMuseum Object ID:
26450
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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