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Metadata
Object Name |
Door |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.00043 |
Description |
The door is made of painted oak and iron. The wooden frame holds two sections of iron bars, and the center panel has an iron lock plate and key hole. |
Material |
wood; metal (iron) |
Dimensions |
H-82.75 W-35.25 D-2.5 inches |
Event |
imprisonment of Jefferson Davis at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, 1865-1867 |
Provenance |
The door is said to have been the door to Jefferson Davis' cell while he was a prisoner at Fortress Monroe. "When the casemate was changed from a prison to officers quarters the iron door was thrown on a heap back of Carroll Hall to be culled for old iron or thrown away and my father [Mr. John Baulch] who was at that time Post Trader in the Fort, asked that he might have the door…." |
People |
Davis, Jefferson |
Search Terms |
Fortress Monroe |
Subjects |
Door fittings Doors & doorways |