18TH C. DOCUMENT BOX. BLACK LEATHER COVERED, WITH MULTIPLE BRASS TACKS ON ALL EDGES. ORIGINAL BRASS HANDLE ON LID. 6" WIDE, 10" LENGTH, 5" DEPTH. INSIDE EXHIBITS A "DOT-PATTERN" WALLPAPER. BOTTOM OF BOX IS EXPOSED WOOD. 2-HINDGED TOP. FOR IT'S AGE, THE BOX IS IN WONDERFUL CONDITION OVERALL, JUST NORMAL HANDLING WEAR. KEY HOLE PRESENT ON FRONT, BUT NO KEY. INSIDE PENCILED NOTE IDENTIFIES THIS BOX AS BELONGING TO "THIS CHEST WAS MADE BY WILLIAM PERKINS, SON OF CAPT. FRANCES PERKINS WHO MARCHED ON LEXINGTON APRIL 19, 1775, THIS CHEST WAS USED FOR PRIVATE AND VALUABLE PAPERS AND GIVEN TO SON OF WM. PERKINS (FRANCIS PERKINS) ON HIS WEDDING DAY, WHO WAS GREAT GRANDFATHER OF MRS A. J. BUCHHEIT.". THIS OFF-WHITE CARD ON WHICH THIS IS WRITTEN ALSO BEARS A PRINTED MONOGRAM ON THE UPPER LEFT CORNER "M F P". A NICE EARLY DOCUMENT BOX WITH PROVENANCE.
