The Captain John Edgell Tidd Collection : Artifacts collected, owned or used by Captain Tidd during his military service in the American Civil War.
Title:
Case, Writing
Museum ID:
2004.57
Date:
Pat'd Dec. 24, 1861; ink bottle pat'd Feb. 4, 1862
Description:
Portable writing case; exterior wooden strips roll into cylinder; tin interior case designed to hold pens and small glass inkwell; back wooden strip swivels to help provide firm writing surface; brass closure tabs. Owned by Captain John E. Tidd during the Civil War.
Notes:
Owned by Captain John E. Tidd during the Civil War.
People associated with item:
Tidd, John Edgell
Source:
Mrs. John E Tidd
Subjects:
1860s
United States——History——Civil War, 1861—1865
Writing
Writing materials
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