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This writing table has a family provenance which names Patrick Henry as the original owner. The date of the table together with this family history makes it very probable that this is an original Henry piece.
According to the Gammon family history, Patrick Henry passed this table on to John and Elvira Henry at Red Hill. From John and Elvira it went to their daughter Margaret Ann Henry who married William Alexander Miller. Their daughter Rosa Cabell Miller inherited the table and had it with her after her marriage to Landon Haynes Gammon Senior. Landon Haynes Gammon Jr. and his wife Katherine Conn Gammon had possession of the table after this.
When Katherine Conn Gammon died the table was appraised in 1995 by William C. Byrd Appraisals along with other items in her estate. Having no children, the table went to their niece Ann (Nancy) Gammon. Ann Gammon died unmarried with no children in 2009. Her estate went to her sisters Jane Gammon Shore and Rose Gammon Garrett. In January 2009 Mrs. Shore and Mrs. Garrett contacted the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation about possibly donating the table. Since the estate was still unsettled, the table was accepted by the Foundation in January 2009 as a loan.
In January 2022, Curator Cody Youngblood contacted Jane Shore to renew the loan. Ms. Shore expressed her desire to transfer the table in full. In October 2022, the table was accepted as a gift by Ms. Shore.