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Image of U.S. Model 1842 musket.

1843
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum
Gift of Mrs. Henry Delbridge, 1968.067.799057

Published 		Image of wedding dress worn by Illinois First Lady Catherine Yates. Published Image of kettle from the Rhoads Kickapoo Indian village site. Published
Image of note written by Joseph Smith. Published Image of 1818 Statehood Map. Published Image of Abraham Lincoln's Desk. Published
Image of the cradle used by the Lincoln children.

a. Cradle used by the three youngest Lincoln boys
b. Object was most likely made by a furniture manufacturer in New York or North Carolina
c. Purchased by the Lincolns at John Williams Dry Goods Store in Springfield probably around the time Edward Baker Lincoln was born in 1846 and used by the Lincolns’ sons until at least 1854.
d. Proper Name: Cradle
e. Unknown carpenter or manufacturer

Published 		Image of bench from Lincoln's home.

a. Wooden bench owned by the Lincolns
b. Object was made in Springfield, IL
c. Object was made circa 1845 and used by the Lincolns until 1861
d. Proper Name: Settee or Bench
e. Object was made by local Springfield carpenter Solomon Conant

Published 		Published
Rush-seat chair Published Published Published
Image of Checker Board Quilt Published Image of Trunk

Trunk, (c. 1850), used by the Nikolas Daniel Walter family when they came to Illinois from Hanover Province, Germany.

Published 		Image of Jet Brooch

Jet Brooch, (c. 1861 -1868), M.W. Galt & Bro, Jewelers, purchased in Washington D.C. by Sally Logan Lamon.

Published
Image of German Staffordshire Plate

German transfer print plate provides clues to settler’s origins

Published 		Image of Milton Jones hanging noose Published Image of Wood Samples and Trunk Published

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