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	Carpet Bag 1840-1850 1964.07.01 Known as a "carpet bag" because it is fashioned from the heavy carpeting ordinarily seen on floors, this leather-handled bag, complete with a metal lock, was owned in Bennington, Vermont.
	Nurses Dress Uniform c. 1919 1999.16.500.02 Julia D.S. Snow of Greenfield, Massachusetts, wore this dress uniform on special occasions when she was a student in the Army School of Nursing during World War I.
	Sheldon Tapestry cushion cover 1610-1615 NR.06 The Reverend Edward Taylor (1642-1729) brought this richly ornamented cushion cover from England when he emigrated in 1668 to England's recently-established Massachusetts Bay Colony.
	Cadet's Uniform 1845 2000.20.500 Charles Jones cut a striking figure when he wore this uniform while drilling with the Franklin Cadets, a volunteer militia company organized in 1823.
	Whole Cloth Quilt c. 1798 BR.03 This "whole-cloth" 18th century quilt is made of three layers of wool; the top layer and bottom layer are of fabric and the middle, or filler layer, is fiber (often sheep's wool) all held together with running stitches in elaborate designs.
	Coat of Major Samuel Willard Saxton (1829-1933) c. 1880 1965.03.01.01 Major Samuel Willard Saxton (1829-1883) of Deerfield, Massachusetts, wore this military coat and epaulettes after his service in the Civil War and Freedmen's Bureau.
	Uniform Coat 1954.19.01 This coat of a brigadier general was worn by Frederick Pierce in 1911. Pierce was in the Second Massachusetts Infantry, part of the Massachusetts militia. The coat's design is very similar to those worn during the Civil War.

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