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3388Private Communion Set
  • Object, Ritual Container, Communion Vessel, Communion Set
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Private communion set that had been given to George Price by descendants of The Reverend Dr. Horace Hall Leavitt, to whom it had belonged. Dr. Leavitt, married to the former Louise B. Whiteman, was the father of Mrs. Constance Scott and Mrs. Carlo Ninfi, both of Somesville. Leavitt's sister was Mrs. Charles E. Gilpatric of New York. Dr. Leavitt died in Somesville in 1966, at age 84. The Reverend Dr. Leavitt was a graduate of Princeton University and Union Theological Seminary. He was pastor of Presyterian churches in Amagansett and Brooklyn, New York and in Honolulu. The communion set is in a case initialed "H.H. L." [show more]
1776Communion Set
  • Object, Ritual Container, Communion Vessel, Communion Set
  • early 19th century.
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Bowl, two plates, four cups and a pitcher. Bowl, pitcher and cups marked, “I. Trask”. Trask was a pewterer of Beverly, Massachusetts from 1792 - 1847. The two plates are marked, “Calder”. He was a pewterer of Providence Rhode Island from 1825 - 1850. Given to the Somesville Union Meeting House by Nehemiah Kittredge. On August 19, 2009, these articles were photographed individually by Anne L. Welles. The pitcher is first, followed by the cups, bowl and plates. (see image management and click on the arrows to proceed through the pictures. Each item has two pictures of different views.) For the purposes of labeling in the archival room, the pitcher is 995-95-95a, the four cups are 95-95-95b, the bowl is 995-95-95c, and the two plates are 995-95-95d. [show more]