Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
1870.001.006 |
Object Name |
Souvenir |
Collection |
Commemoratives/Souvenirs |
Credit line |
Gift of the Family/Estate of Benjamin Ferris |
Year Range from |
1682 |
Year Range to |
1852 |
Made |
souvenir box attributed to Benjamin Ferris |
Description |
Flat, square-shaped, shallow, oak souvenir box made of wood that is said to have been part of a chest that came over to America with John Sharpless in 1682 on the ship "Welcome." The base and lid of the box are held together with two small brass hinges and secured at the front with a small hook closure. The inside of the base is lined with paper and there is a handwritten panel glued to the inside of the lid that details the history of the box. There is also a paper label glued to the lid with printed and hand-written text: "Presented to the / Historical Society of Delaware, / by / the family of the late / Benjamin Ferris / through / (LP?) Bush 1870." The bottom of the box has two lines of text carved into the surface: "DL 2 mo 6 1737 75 / GL 5 mo 19 1760 80." |
Dimensions |
H-6 W-7 D-0.75 inches |
Dimension Details |
overall greatest dimensions of closed box; box open is 7" wide x 12" high x 3/4" deep. |
Owned |
Ferris family |
Provenance |
The box came from the family of Benjamin Ferris (1780-1867), who may have also made the relic. The handwritten text on the label inside the lid reads: "This box is made of wood which was part of a chest / imported in the Ship Welcome, Robert Greenway master, by / John Sharpless, late of Ratherton in the County Palatine / of Chester, in England. The chest was landed at Upland / afterwards called Chester, shortly after Penn's arrival on / the 28th of October, then called the Eighth month 1682. From / the foregoing facts is appears that the said chest came to / America in the same ship which first brought Wm. Penn. / The Welcome arrived and anchored opposite New Castle, Oct. 27, 1682: and thence sailed on the / 28th for Upland, where she arrived on the afternoon of the same day. / See Evan Oliver's account / book in Merrit Canby's possession. / Benj. Ferris / June 5th 1852." |
Subjects |
Souvenirs Immigrants Travel Ships |
People |
Penn, William Ferris, Benjamin |
Search Terms |
Benjamin Ferris John Sharpless William Penn Welcome Immigration Immigrants Voyages Ships Relics Boxes New Castle Upland Chester Ratherton |
Material |
Oak; brass hardware |