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Camp bed
Unidentified makerca. 1775-1777
New-York Historical Society
New York, NY, United States
According to the donor's great-aunt, Mrs. Francis A. Livingston (Catharine Roosevelt Kissam), this camp bed was given by Washington to his recording secretary, Richard Varick (1753-1831), at the close of the Revolutionary War. Varick then entrusted it to his wife's niece, Mrs. John L. Lefferts (Helena Kissam), who subsequently gave it to her great-nephew, the donor.
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Details
- Title: Camp bed
- Creator: Unidentified maker
- Date Created: ca. 1775-1777
- Location Created: Probably: United States
- Physical Dimensions: 34 1/2 in. x 27 3/4 in. x 6 ft. 6 in. (87.6 x 70.5 x 198.1 cm)
- Type: Arifact
- Medium: Wood; canvas, iron
- Object Number: 1871.8
- Credit Line: New-York Historical Society, Gift of Ernest Livingston McCrackan
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