Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
A chapeau-bras -- a flat bicorne hat -- made of beaver felt belonged to Peleg Wadsworth (1793-1875).
Wadsworth was the son of Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829) and Elizabeth Bartlett Wadsworth ( -1825).
He served as a general in the militia of Maine and lived in Hiram.
About This Item
- Title: Chapeau-bras, ca. 1820
- Creation Date: circa 1820
- Subject Date: circa 1820
- Location: Hiram, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Felt, leather, silk, brass
- Local Code: A89-49
- Object Type: Physical Object
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