1876
GUSN-24842
"From the old elm/ Boston Common/ Feb 16 1876/ 7:17 p.m./ an old tree in 1722," inscribed in ink on surface of bark.
elm (wood)
commemoratives
Elm
Commemorative
TREE BARK
See description.
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
5.25 x 2.125 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.145
Massachusetts (United States)
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