Notes
Owner: Matthew Holgate Mill
Donated in 1964 by Dr. Samuel Sturgis, 249 Wister Road, Wynnewood, PA
GHS True Accession Book, "Primitive desk from the Old Holgate Mill. A fine piece from the early settlers of Germantown. Desk had been preserved by the Holgate and Sturgis Families"
Corresponding label, "This desk is from the Old Houlgate (sic) Mill, the first fulling mill in America. It was located on the west bank of the Wissahickon Creek, south of the Walnut Lane Bridge. The foundation can still be seen. Presented by Dr. Samuel Sturgis whose ancestors built the mill-1720."