Existing comment:
Most of the objects in this case were owned by the James Rutledges and donated by descendents of this well-known New Salem family.
The clock, displayed for many years in the Rutledge Tavern, was made around 1810 by Riley Whiting in Winchester, Connecticut. Its wooden works still operate.
On April 30, 1828, President John Quincy Adams signed the land grant for James Rutledge's San Ridge property, located north of New Salem. It was at a farm on this land that Ann died in 1835. The Bible, printed in 1814 by Collins and Company of New York City, records Rutledge family births, marriages, and deaths.
The Rutledge coffeepot was manufactured around 1826 by Boardman and Company of New York City. The bed coverlet is an exact copy of a Rutledge family original that is too fragile to display. The wooden bowl shows evidence of heavy use by family members. |