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1824-1825
GUSN-31021
Red with leather strap and flap closure; 3 compartments, one with red flap; pencil & pencil holder; memo paper with green marbled cover; tan and embossed lining.
wallets
accessories
embossing
stitching
leather
deaths
Men's personal gear
Hand Stitched
Embossed
Death
WALLET
Handwritten notes on memo paper: a lot - refer to receipts, money borrowed, etc.; one says: ""Books red by R. R. Howard beginning 1 of Jan. 1824;"" other paper note says: ""drowned in Boston Harbor --- Mother's brother died when his sister was a little girl about 1825."" Also printed in lining: ""Robt. R. Howard""
Unknown
3 x 4.875 (HxW) (inches)
1926.601
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