Identified Civil War Blanket Freshly De-accessed from a Museum!

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Identified Civil War Blanket Freshly De-accessed from a Museum!

 

Caleb Dustin Hunking was a prominent shoe manufacturer and politician from Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was born on February 24, 1805, in Hill, New Hampshire, and attended Franklin Academy in Franklin, New Hampshire for a short time before becoming a teacher. He later moved to Haverhill, where he became one of the most well-known and respected shoe manufacturers in the city. In 1855, he became the first man from Haverhill to sit on the Governor’s Council, and in 1857, he served in the State Senate. He was also a “Justice of the Peace and Quorum for all of the Counties of the Commonwealth”. Caleb Dustin Hunking bears a close relationship to Haverhill’s most historical character, being a direct descendant of Hannah Duston. Today, the Caleb Dustin Hunking School in Haverhill, Massachusetts, is named after him. The school is a publicly funded school district that educates children in Essex County.

 

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Identified Civil War Blanket, freshly de-accessed from a museum—features green and brown wool in a textured plaid pattern with a small fabric label visible in the corner.
A close-up of a woven fabric features a small, frayed label reading "C.D. Munking," stitched onto an Identified Civil War Blanket Freshly De-accessed from a Museum.
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A freshly de-accessed Civil War blanket, olive green and woven with fringed edges, lies folded on a wooden floor.
An Identified Civil War Blanket, freshly de-accessed from a museum, with slightly frayed edges and visible wear, is laid out on a wooden floor.
A large, rectangular Identified Civil War Blanket, freshly de-accessed from a museum, with frayed edges and a green woven texture lies flat on a light wood floor.

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