Name/Title
Letter about provenance of a shawlEntry/Object ID
ARC766Scope and Content
Letter from Elizabeth M. McDonald (Mrs. Henry Temple McDonald) to John Alfriend, providing information on the ownership of the shawl (Object # 133) purportedly worn by Judge Richard Parker during the trial of John Brown. According to the letter, Elizabeth Sims, a teacher of Domestic Science at Storer College, gave the shawl to Henry T. McDonald, president of Storer College (and husband of the author). The author did not know how Sims obtained the shawl.Acquisition
Accession
00Source or Donor
Found in collectionAcquisition Method
Gift