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Box 15

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Locks of Hair

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 24
Identifier: id294163
Scope and Contents

One lock is wrapped within a folded note that reads, "This was cut from Ned's head on the 29th of June 1846." It's signed "C. B. Tucker" (Cynthia Beverley Tucker) and also has her name on the front fold as well as the word "private." The second lock of hair is contained within an envelope addressed to Henry Washington. Do not open without staff supervision. Photographs are available.

Dates: 1835-1856, undated