Record 2/47 See Catalog Record Objects Return to Exhibit Page Return to Home Page Search This Exhibit Image 1 of 2 Description  Small trunk-style green leather box, 9 x 12 x 5 in. Label inside lid: "Nathan Neat nos. 18 & 19 Elm St., Boston. Manufacturer of solid leather, boot-top, Fancy & Common trunks, valises, carpet bags, etc." Handwritten note by EBW, Jr. 1940: "…a smallish dull green grey leather box; brass studded, with leather handle; paper lined on wood c.1820-1840. For many years this was the only safe the Town had. It was kept in the Treasurer's house, as there was no Town Hall until 1846. Dad [Edwin B. Worthen] rescued it when they cleaned out the vault at the "old" Town Hall (built in the '70s - opposite Waltham St.) when they tore it down."

Objects -Green leather box used by Lexington Town Treasurer -Cary Memorial Library 2011. All rights reserved. Leather trunk 001\Worthen3002-1.JPG The Edwin B. Worthen Collection, Cary Memorial Library

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