Gold-headed cane

Object/Artifact

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Gold-headed cane

Entry/Object ID

536

Description

Gold-headed cane, tapered, octagonal halfway and round to bottom, polished wood. Metal tip on bottom. Inscribed on top of head "1775 Presented to Mrs. Lewis Washington and family, West Virginia, by Silas Hosmer and family, Concord, Massachusetts 1887". Inscribed around head "Made from the wood taken from the piers of the Old North Bridge at Concord Massachusetts Wherewas fired the first shot in the War of the Revolution Which gave Independence to the United States."

Acquisition

Accession

48

Source or Donor

Jefferson County Historical Society

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1775 - 1887

Material

Wood, Metal