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Slant-front desk |
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Object numberRIF258 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Date176090 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyPossibly made in South Kingstown, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut (primary); chestnut (secondary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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Inscriptions"This desk was owned by / Jeremy Niles who was born / in South Kingston, April 7, 1707. / In 1740 he was chosen / Justice of the Peace and in / 1762 Justice of the Supreme Court. / The clock [sic] has remained in / the possession of his direct / descendants, and is now, / in the year 1912, the / property of his great, great, / grandson, Jeremiah Potter Robinson," in ink, on paper tacked inside prospect door |
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ProvenanceJeremiah Niles (17071794), South Kingstown, Rhode Island; by descent to his daughter, Mrs. John Potter II (née Mary Niles); by descent to her son, Jeremiah Niles Potter (17691849), South Kingstown, Rhode Island; by descent to his daughter, Mrs. George Champlin Robinson (née Mary Niles Potter, 17941870); by descent to her son, Jeremiah Potter Robinson (18191886); by descent to his son, Jeremiah Potter Robinson II (18461916); by descent to his daughters, Elizabeth D. Robinson (18701962) and Faith Robinson Corrigan (18831959), Wakefield, Rhode Island; by descent to her daughter, Faith Corrigan McNulty (died 2005); by descent to her nephew, Joseph Keiffer |
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Associated namesJeremiah NilesMary Niles Potter Jeremiah Niles Potter Mary Niles Potter Jeremiah Potter Robinson II Elizabeth D. Robinson Jeremiah Potter Robinson Faith Robinson Corrigan Faith Corrigan McNulty |