Name/Title
suitcaseEntry/Object ID
G 4833Description
16"h x 25.5"w x 5.5"d. Long thin rectangular carpetbag, woven fabric in red/brown geometric pattern. Brown leather handle, brass lock. Orange cloth lining with divider. Black leather bottom with six brass knobs.Context
While this carpetbag did not belong to Mary Shellman, Dorothy Elderdice, the first curator at the Historical Society, noted that a carpetbag was among the items still in the house.General Notes
Note Type
Paper TagNote
Typed label inside: "CARPET BAG, BELONGING TO DAVID REESE. REESE WAS ONE OF THE THREE MEN IN THE WESTMINSTER DISTRICT WHO VOTED FOR ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN 1860. THE OTHER TWO MEN WERE REPORTED AS JOSEPH SCHAEFFER AND THOMAS SHEPHERD. DONOR: RUTH DURBIN REESE MORELOCK AND AGNES REESE DAUGHTERS OF DAVID REESE."