Name/Title
Fireplace TongsDescription
Handwrought iron tongs used in cooking at a fireplace. An accompanying handwritten note from Mrs. Grace Sealey Smith reads, "Small handwrought tongs used by "my pioneers." The pioneers mentioned were probably Alfred S. and Phoebe Eliza Weeks who came to Hudson in 1850. Richard Weeks, Alfred's father, bought shares in the Hudson Colony when it was first organized by Horatio Pettit in 1836.