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ITEMS IN NEED OF CONSERVATION:
Abby Ann Muzzey Sampler - 1816 Silk Needlework - 19th Century Muzzey Civil War Flag - c. 1861-1865 Liberty Loan Flags - 1918 & 1919 ITEMS RECENTLY CONSERVED: Anna Munroe Portrait - c. 1830 Daguerreotype of Steam Train - 1846 Dr. Fiske Bill - 1775 Draft of Constitution of Massachusetts - 1780 Jonas Clarke Commemorative Sermon - 1776 Ledger Books - 1769-1803 Mulliken Family Needlework - c. 1830 Munroe Family Porcelain - 18th Century Muzzey Civil War Scrapbook - 1861-1865 Muzzey Civil War Uniform - c. 1861-1865 Oral Histories on Cassette - 1950-1997 Receipt for Lexington Militia Payroll - 1778 Receipt for Purchase of Drums - 1775 |
Draft of Constitution of Massachusetts with Annotations by Jonas Clarke - 1780
This fifty page printed draft of the Constitution of Massachusetts contains handwritten annotations and edits by Reverend Jonas Clarke. Clarke represented Lexington at the Constitutional Convention for the State of Massachusetts, which met from September 1, 1779 until June 16, 1780. Many of these annotations written in Clarke's hand can be seen in the final draft of the Constitution that exists through present day.
Treatment needed: Cleaning, disbinding, mending and repair, deacidification, reassembling, creation of custom made housing, digitization. Conservation completed by the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) in Andover, MA, thanks to a grant from the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati. Total Cost to Conserve: $4,700 |