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Spinning Tools

Photograph (left to right) flax Breaker: used to comb out knots in flax and leave long, silky threads, a pile of wool, weaving shuttle: used to hold and move yarn back and forth while weaving, wool carders: used to clean and untagle wool before…

Steam Eng 3871

Photograph of Steam Engine 3871, Salisbury, Md. 1947 RR.702

Steamboat Wharf at Riverton

Photograph of a steamboat wharf at Riverton

Tawes & Gibson's Mill and Wharf on Waterfront

Postcard of Tawes & Gibson's Mill and Wharf on Waterfront in Crisfield, MD.

The Housekeeper's Companion

This publication, compiled by Bessie E. Gunter, maybe the first
known cookbook on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Bessie lived
in Accomack County and many of the recipes come from women with common Eastern Shore names like Nottingham, Bayly, Custis,…

This 18th-century Philadelphia secretary desk has raised panel doors, pigeon-hole interior, original brass hardware, and three secret drawers. The ownership of the desk can be traced through multiple generations of the Morris/Pollitt family. Paul Morris (donor) inherited the desk from his father, Louis Paul Morris Sr. upon his death in 2005.Louis Paul Morris Sr. inherited the desk from the estate of Dorothy Catherine Morris upon her death in 1985. Dorothy C. Morris inherited the desk from her father, Levin Merrill Morris, upon his death in1946. L. Merrill Morris inherited the desk from his father, Thomas Covington Morris, upon his death in 1911. Thomas C. Morris inherited the desk from his father, James Morris, upon his death in 1873. Itis believed that James Morris likely inherited the desk from his uncle, William Pollitt, upon his death in 1816. An 1816 inventory of William’s estate includes a desk and bookcase. William’s father was Thomas Pollitt – an inventory of his estate in 1788 lists a desk and bookcase. It is believed that this is the desk and bookcase listed in the Thomas Pollitt inventory in 1788.

Desk owned by multiple generations of the Morris/Pollitt Family.

Twenty-eight fugitives escaping from the Eastern Shore of Maryland

Union Station, Salisbury, Md

A photograph of Union Station in Salisbury, Maryland.

View of Sherwood

View of Sherwood from Bennett's Point

Wade Thompson Porter, "Spanish-American War, 1898."

Photograph of Wade Thompson Porter

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