Stocking

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Samuel Allen (1702-1746) was gathering hay with neighbors and members of his family during King George’s War on August 25, 1746, in “The Bars”, a section south of the village of Deerfield, Massachusetts, when they were ambushed by Native Americans hiding nearby.  Allen was killed and a fragment of the shirt he was wearing has been preserved in Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield. His thirteen-year-old daughter, Eunice was tomahawked but survived. She knitted this stocking.

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Item typeClothing
Datecirca 1770
TopicClothing, Textile, Fashion, Costume
EraColonial settlement, 1620–1762
Revolutionary America, 1763–1783
The New Nation, 1784–1815
National Expansion and Reform, 1816–1860
MaterialCloth
Process/FormatKnitted, crocheted
Catalog #1997.21.02
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Stocking. ca. 1770. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1997-21-02/. Accessed on December 5, 2024.

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