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A Silver-Mounted Oak Walking Stick Made Of The Original Timbers From Independence Hall, Presented To Rev. Thomas H. Stockton (1808-1868)
Estimate: $2,000-$3,000
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$1,600
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American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Description

A Silver-Mounted Oak Walking Stick Made Of The Original Timbers From Independence Hall, Presented To Rev. Thomas H. Stockton (1808-1868)

Dated, "1855"


the silver-mounted handle engraved, "Rev. Thos. H. Stockton/ presented by his Friend/ W.R.S./ A.D. 1855," and "Made of the/ Original timbers/ of/ Independence Hall," accompanied by an embossed leather-bound copy of Pastor Alexander Clark, Memory's Tribute to the Life, Character and Work of the Rev. Thomas H. Stockton. Spoken in the First Methodist Church, Pittsburgh, Sabbath, October 25, 1868 (New York: Samuel R. Wells and Springfield, Ohio: A.H. Bassett, Methodist Book Concern, 1869), the frontispiece inscribed in ink, "To My Dear Friend & Brother/ Thos. H. Stockton/ of Phila-/ From Alex. Clark/ Feb. 27, 1869."

Length 33 1/2 inches (walking stick).

Provenance
Note:Reverend Thomas H. Stockton was pastor of the First Methodist Church in Philadelphia (1838-1847) and served as the Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives during four separate years throughout his life (1833, 1835, 1859, and 1861). He is buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia.