Passport

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Passport

Entry/Object ID

SS.90.13

Description

Red leather booklet, overlapping scroll flap with extended tab for closure, small pull tab attached; applied strip for tab closure partially detached; lined with bright green silk; one large folded page mounted to fine wide-weave linen to attach it to booklet; 14 interior pages with stamps and handwritten inscriptions; stamped in gold on interior, flap side; "T. W. STORROW, JR."; large-format document, engraved image of eagle with text printed and handwritten: "Legation des Etats-Units D'Amerique en France/ Passport No. 1737... [Followed by description of bearer] Age de 46 ans/ Taille 5 Pieds/ 10 Pouces Anglais/ Cheveux bruns/ Yeux bruns/ Nez. driot/ Bouche Moyenne/ Menton.../Visage... /Teint/ [signature]/ Nous Envoy Extraord... [dated] le 21 Septembre 1854...."; additional stamp and date 1856; additional notes and entries tracking travel from Paris, Marsailles, Belgium; stamped pages bear visas/inscriptions from various officials in locations in Italy [mentions he is traveling "accompagne du su famille"] and Germany; handwritten on final page in pencil: "Left Paris 13th Oct for [?]/ 7 trunks (each TWS JR)/ 4 sacs [illegible]/ 11 pkgs [illegible, possibly weights or costs?]; note stapled to cover, handwritten in pencil: "15+ [or 154?]."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1854 - 1857

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

closed

Height

5-3/8 in

Width

3-3/4 in

Depth

1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 1/4 in. (13.7 x 9.5 x 0.6 cm)

Dimension Description

unfolded

Height

20 in

Width

16-1/2 in

Depth

1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 20 x 16 1/2 x 1/4 in. (50.8 x 41.9 x 0.6 cm)

Material

Leather, Ink on paper, Linen, Silk, Cardboard

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Some yellowing to paper pages; small tears to edges of large paper; ink stains; some darkening and stains to red leather exterior.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Thomas Wentworth Storrow Jr. (1805-1861)

Notes

Former owner

Person or Organization

Thomas Wentworth Storrow Jr. (1805-1861)

Notes

Recipient

Related Entries

Notes

W 3439 - Passport - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Found with typewritten note: "Passport & Visas... dated August 1, 1856...Note: KB-1-E refers to 1854 trip to Chamonix." See also Washington Irving passport (W 3439) [Jessa J. Krick, 4/26/2017].

Note Type

General Note

Note

The objects in this gift came from Julie Grinnell Storrow Cruger (Mrs. Wentworth Cruger Bacon), a Storrow family member.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Collection Manager's Office

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial