Object Details
- Description
- The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- originator (author or composer, etc.)
- Rathbone, Sarah
- recipient
- Copp, Jr., Samuel
- originator (author, etc.)
- Rathbone, Sarah
- Rathbone, Aaron
- date made
- 1810-09-28
- Credit Line
- Gift of John Brenton Copp
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 7/8 in x 12 7/8 in; 20.0025 cm x 32.7025 cm
- Object Name
- letter
- Other Terms
- Sheet (Paper); Manuscript
