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Brick

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

GUSN

GUSN-170629

Description

Grey rectangular brick with an inscription.

Details

Descriptive Terms

brick (clay product)
brick (clay product)
Brick

Inscription

''From the house in Kittery Me. in / which was born Jan. 14 1730 / Brig-Gen. Wm Whipple / Signer of the / Declaration of Independence. / Died .Nov. 28 . 1785'' (handwritten)

Associated Person

Whipple, William, 1730-1785

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 1/4 x 4 1/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2105

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