A Lock of hair taken from the head of mr. [blank] who died in 17[blank]. perfectly Grey, and 14 years after the vault was opened and this brown lock cut off of his head

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 53

Additional Source Text:

The donor was from New York.

Notes:

On 7 May 1813 the Accessions Book (p. 65) recorded the receipt of "The Lock of hair, taken from a person who had been buried 14 years and whose hair at the time of interment was perfectly Grey" from the same donor.