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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
G.77.09
Date Range
c. 1800-1820
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Upholstered wingback commode chair has four turned Sheraton legs. Has replacement of original soiled handsewn homespun linen (remnants in this file), now an orange fabric with potted and vining flower design. Solid pinewood seat under cushion has center hole with fitted removable wooden disc.
This chair was from the Pownall home at Gap, where it was used by Dickinson Gorsuch, Maryland slaveholder, during his recovery from wounds sustained during the Christiana Riot of Sept. 11, 1851. His father and two others were killed during the skirmish at the home of freedman William Parker, and Dickinson was transported to the Pownall home for recovery. William Parker later published his story in the "Atlantic Monthly" in 1866, making it highly publicized.
This incident "is an important example of the struggle over the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act and the escalating tension between the North and the South. This act gave slave owners broad powers to recapture runaway slaves". (ExplorePAhistory.com)
Polaroid photos of chair before re-upholstery, in file.
Likely Lancaster or Chester Co.
Provenance
Provenance: Chair owned by the Pownall family & given in 1973 to the Lancaster County Historical Society by Mrs. Levi Pownall of Lancashire Hall (569-7279).
It was initially loaned to the Heritage Center (# L.77.9 and # 161.64.80) but soon donated to HCLC. Board minutes of Dec. 8, 1975 include Richard F. Smith's Museum Committee report noting a donation of a "Sheraton armed wing chair commode, used by the Pownall home in nursing Dickinson Gorsuch following Christiana Riot in 1851." Later unsigned note (Bruce Shoemaker?) states John Aungst of LCHS was consulted & chair was removed 11/9/84 from list on LCHS loan form, settling an apparent question of ownership.
Date Range
c. 1800-1820
Year Range From
1800
Year Range To
1820
Last Owner
Levi Pownall family of Gap
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
East Wall
Storage Shelf
Upper Shelf
People
Gorsuch, Dickinson
Gorsuch, Edward
Parker, William
Pownall, Levi
Subject
African Americans--History
Free Black people
Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Search Terms
Chairs
Christiana Resistance
Enslaved persons
Free persons of color
Persons of color
Slaveholders
Slavery
Object Name
Chair, Commode
Oither Names
Chair, Wing
Material
Wood, Fabric
Height (cm)
119.38
Height (ft)
3.9166666667
Height (in)
47
Width (cm)
78.74
Width (ft)
2.5833333333
Width (in)
31
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2017-07-25
Condition Notes
Reupholstered. Minor wear in fabric; loose stitching, especially on proper right side.
Repaired and reupholstered gratis, April 1980, by The Upholstery Center of Lititz, (Mr. & Mrs. Paul Paes).
Object ID
G.77.09
Credit
Heritage Center Collection, Gift of LCHS
Accession Number
G.77.09
Images
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
HC-53-01-045
  1 image  
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Farmers Bank notes with Cotton House. W. Harrison, England.
Provenance
Slides from the collection of the Heritage Center
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Currency
Money
Farmers Bank of Lancaster
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
HC-53-01-045
Images
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
HC-53-01-046
  1 image  
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Farmers Bank five dollar note, 1832. Draper, England.
Provenance
Slides from the collection of the Heritage Center
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Currency
Money
Farmers Bank of Lancaster
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
HC-53-01-046
Images
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
HC-53-01-046a
  1 image  
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Farmers Bank five dollar note, 1832. Draper, England. Reverse. Counterfeit.
Provenance
Slides from the collection of the Heritage Center
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Currency
Money
Farmers Bank of Lancaster
Counterfeiting
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
HC-53-01-046a
Images
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
HC-53-01-047
  1 image  
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Farmers Bank two dollar reissue note of 1841.
Provenance
Slides from the collection of the Heritage Center
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Currency
Money
Farmers Bank of Lancaster
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
HC-53-01-047
Images
Less detail
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
HC-53-01-048
  1 image  
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Farmers Bank two dollar note.
Provenance
Slides from the collection of the Heritage Center
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Currency
Money
Farmers Bank of Lancaster
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
HC-53-01-048
Images
Less detail
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
HC-53-01-048a
  1 image  
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Farmers Bank two dollar note. Reverse.
Provenance
Slides from the collection of the Heritage Center
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Currency
Money
Farmers Bank of Lancaster
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
HC-53-01-048a
Images
Less detail
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
HC-53-01-049
  1 image  
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Farmers Bank five dollar proof note.
Provenance
Slides from the collection of the Heritage Center
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Currency
Money
Farmers Bank of Lancaster
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
HC-53-01-049
Images
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
HC-53-01-050
  1 image  
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Farmers Bank marked counterfeit twenty dollar note.
Provenance
Slides from the collection of the Heritage Center
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Currency
Money
Farmers Bank of Lancaster
Counterfeiting
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
HC-53-01-050
Images
Less detail
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
HC-53-01-051
  1 image  
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Farmers Bank one dollar note, 1862.
Provenance
Slides from the collection of the Heritage Center
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Currency
Money
Farmers Bank of Lancaster
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
HC-53-01-051
Images
Less detail

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