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Pre-Revolution

Here's a pic of our key made sometime before 1776 by Paul Revere... our Great great &c, on and on Grandfather was a Minister in Boston at the time. Revere was an unknown silver/black/locksmith who made lots of ordinary stuff for people. They only saved the key because he "got famous" later on. It's actaully quite primitive.

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Probably a book printed in 1683..... I have a couple of old coins somewhere, too.... Also another book, a 'Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare' (their spelling), printed in 1821...

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Dave T
 
I think it's a few old books that I kept among a lot that I had to throw away at my job many years ago. Among them a few old atlases. They aren't very rare or valuable books but I just couldn't throw them away.

Here's a Mitchell Atlas from 1860.

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And inside this atlas, I found a hand-written letter in a tiny envelope dated from 1854 and religious images from 1876. I'm wondering why they got there!

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