Browse Exhibits (3 total)
Looking glass shard
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A broken piece of a looking glass that was brought from England by the first English settlers in the New World.
A pocket compass (not the one on your phone)
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An 18th century pocket compass, originally belonged to Ebenezer Markham, and later donated to Henry Sheldon in 1900.
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Alden House Wooden Cup
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This wooden cup was made from the wood that was used to build the famous Alden House in Duxbury, Massachusetts.