[MRS. ELIZABETH (LUX) RUSSELL AND DAUGHTER.]
[CHRISTENING SHIRT AND MITTS OF GOVERNOR BRADFORD.]
White linen with pinched sleeves and chaney ruffles and fingertips. Owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
These infant’s mitts were worn in the sixteenth century, and came to Salem with the first emigrants. Owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
This has curious shirring-strings to make it fit heads of various sizes. It is home spun and woven, and the lace edging is home knit.
[REV. JOHN P. DABNEY, WHEN A CHILD IN 1806]
This portrait of a Salem minister in childhood is in jacket and trousers, with openwork collar and ruffles. It is now owned by the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.