Children -- United States; United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775
Old Pincushion. Owned by Mrs. Sophia C. Bedlow,
Portland, Maine 19
Indian Cradle. In Memorial Hall, Deerfield, Mass. 20
Governor Bradford's Christening Blanket, 1590. Owned
by John Taylor Terry, Esq., Tarry town, N.Y. 22
Standing Stool, Eighteenth Century 24
Go-cart 27
De Peyster Twins, Four Years Old, 1729. Owned by
Mrs. Azoy and Miss Velasquez _facing_ 26
Baptismal Shirt and Mittens of Governor Bradford,
1590. In Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. 35
Robert Gibbs, Four and a Half Years Old, 1670. Owned
by Miss Sarah Bigelow Hagar, Kendal Green, Mass.
_facing_ 36
Infant's Mitts, Sixteenth Century. In Essex Institute 39
Jane Bonner, Eight Years Old, 1700. Owned by Connecticut
Historical Society _facing_ 42
Infant's Robe, Cap, and Christening Blanket. In Memorial
Hall, Deerfield, Mass. 46
Ellinor Cordes, Two Years Old, 1740. Owned by Mrs.
St. Julian Ravenel, Charleston, S.C. _facing_ 48
Daniel Ravenel, Five Years Old, 1765. Owned by Mrs.
St. Julian Ravenel, Charleston, S.C. _facing_ 50
Children's Shoes. In Bedford Historical Society, Bedford,
Mass. 51
Gore Children, 1754. Painted by Copley. Owned by the
Misses Robins, Boston, Mass. _facing_ 54
Jonathan Mountfort, Seven Years Old, 1753. Painted by
Copley. Owned by Mrs. Farlin, Detroit, Mich.
_facing_ 58
Boy's Suit of Clothing, 1784. In Memorial Hall,
Deerfield, Mass. _facing_ 60
Mary Lord, 1710 _circa_. Owned by Connecticut Historical
Society. _facing_ 66
"Erudition" Schoolhouse, Bath, Maine, 1797 70
Oldtime School Certificate of Landlord of Wayside Inn,
Sudbury, Mass. 73
"Old Harmony" Schoolhouse, Raritan Township, Hunterdon
County, N.J. 76
Samuel Pemberton, Twelve Years Old, 1736. Owned by
Miss Ellen M. Ward, Boston, Mass. _facing_ 78
Nathan Hale Schoolhouse, East Haddam, Conn. 82
Old Brick Schoolhouse, Norwich, Conn. From "Old
Houses of Norwich," by Miss Mary E. Perkins 85
Elizabeth Storer, Twelve Years Old, 1738. Painted by
Smibert. Owned by Dr. Townsend, Boston, Mass. _facing_ 98
Carved Busks. Owned by Essex Institute 106
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