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Infant’s cap Cotton, silk thread

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    Cotton, silk thread by unknown maker, [Boston, Massachusetts], early 18th century

    24 cm (from front to back along center seam)

    Hats 004


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    [ This description is from the project: Fashioning the New England Family ]

    The donors believed this to have been Benjamin Franklin’s cap as an infant but provided no provenance, so we have attributed it to Boston in the early 18th century, based on its style.