Wedding coat of Jabez Hamlin (born July 28, 1709 - died April 5, 1779) when he married Margaret Phillips (born August 31, 1713 -died September 6, 1748) in Middletown, Connecticut, on December 6, 1736. Great-great-grandfather of Anna P. Williams....
Worn by great-great-great-great grandmother of donor in her wedding. The homespun linen lining of this gown was taken and scraped into lint and used for dressing wounds of the American Revolutionary War soldiers in the year 1776. (Transcribed...
Used by Mrs. R. C. Fisk at her wedding April 4, 1816. Worn with wedding shoes - 1991.580.3a-b. Mrs. Fisk is Mr. Bennet B. Harvey Jr.'s great-great-grandmother.
Dress was worn by Mary Jemima "Mima" Malcolm for her marriage to Thomas Raffington on January 4, 1863. Wear marks indicate that this dress was worn many times following the wedding.
Part of the trousseau of Mrs. Ebenezer Andrews, Jr. (née Helen E. Robinson) of 389 Wabash Ave., mother of the donor. The wedding took place on September 15, 1869. The gown was cut and fitted at Field, Leiter and Company.
Worn by the donor's mother, Mrs. Charles Pratt Gladwin, neé Helen Grace Pearson, to her wedding on June 26, 1877. Mrs. Gladwin was later remarried to Mr. Scott, the donor's father.
