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1841
GUSN-40532
Faded red leather wallet with flap and leather strap closure; tan leather lining; embossed borders; with three compartments lined with blue marbled paper; one pencil holder; memo paper held in place by string (blue marble and black paper - used for writing?)
wallets
accessories
embossing
gluing
leather
paper (fiber product)
Men's personal gear
Unidentified Paper
Embossed
Glued
Wallet
Handwritten in pencil on memo paper: ""A Presentation from My Honored Grandfather Shri____ (sp?) Preston of Vernon CT Oct 1841 - P D I(?) Preston Chaplain""
Unknown
3 3/8 x 5 7/8 (HxW) (inches)
1940.347
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