Record ID:
368094
Accession number:
MA 488.146
Published:
[1732-1799]
Credit:
Gift of Henry Benjamin Whipple, before 1901.
Description:
1 hair clipping.
Notes:
The card on which the hair is mounted reads, in Winthrop's hand, "A hair of Washington -- given to Bishop Whipple by Robt. C. Winthrop. January, 1887." Whipple has added, "and given by me to my dear friend [J. Pierpont Morgan]" and signed it "H. B. Whipple."
This item is part of a collection of letters and documents concerning the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis; see main record for MA 488-489 for more information.
Summary:
A single strand of George Washington's hair affixed with red wax to the verso of the calling card of Robert C. Winthrop. Winthrop removed this strand from a larger lock of Washington's hair.
Dimensions:
65 mm
Provenance:
Alexander Hamilton; by descent to his son, James A. Hamilton; Mrs. Charles Eames; Alastair Gordon-Cumming; Robert C. Winthrop; Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple; given by Whipple to J. Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
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