Child Life in Colonial Days

								



Old Pincushion. Owned by Mrs. Sophia C. Bedlow,

      Portland, Maine                                          19


Indian Cradle. In Memorial Hall, Deerfield, Mass.            20


Governor Bradford's Christening Blanket, 1590. Owned

      by John Taylor Terry, Esq., Tarry town, N.Y.             22


Standing Stool, Eighteenth Century                           24


Go-cart                                                      27


De Peyster Twins, Four Years Old, 1729. Owned by

      Mrs. Azoy and Miss Velasquez                    facing 26


Baptismal Shirt and Mittens of Governor Bradford,

      1590. In Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.                   35


Robert Gibbs, Four and a Half Years Old, 1670. Owned

      by Miss Sarah Bigelow Hagar, Kendal Green, Mass.

                                                      facing 36


Infant's Mitts, Sixteenth Century. In Essex Institute        39


Jane Bonner, Eight Years Old, 1700. Owned by Connecticut

      Historical Society                              facing 42


Infant's Robe, Cap, and Christening Blanket. In Memorial

      Hall, Deerfield, Mass.                                   46


Ellinor Cordes, Two Years Old, 1740. Owned by Mrs.

      St. Julian Ravenel, Charleston, S.C.            facing 48


Daniel Ravenel, Five Years Old, 1765. Owned by Mrs.

      St. Julian Ravenel, Charleston, S.C.            facing 50


Children's Shoes. In Bedford Historical Society, Bedford,

      Mass.                                                    51


Gore Children, 1754. Painted by Copley. Owned by the

      Misses Robins, Boston, Mass.                    facing 54


Jonathan Mountfort, Seven Years Old, 1753. Painted by

      Copley. Owned by Mrs. Farlin, Detroit, Mich.

                                                      facing 58


Boy's Suit of Clothing, 1784. In Memorial Hall,

      Deerfield, Mass.                                facing 60


Mary Lord, 1710 circa. Owned by Connecticut Historical

      Society.                                        facing 66


"Erudition" Schoolhouse, Bath, Maine, 1797                   70


Oldtime School Certificate of Landlord of Wayside Inn,

      Sudbury, Mass.                                           73


"Old Harmony" Schoolhouse, Raritan Township, Hunterdon

      County, N.J.                                             76


Samuel Pemberton, Twelve Years Old, 1736. Owned by

      Miss Ellen M. Ward, Boston, Mass.               facing 78


Nathan Hale Schoolhouse, East Haddam, Conn.                  82


Old Brick Schoolhouse, Norwich, Conn. From "Old

      Houses of Norwich," by Miss Mary E. Perkins              85


Elizabeth Storer, Twelve Years Old, 1738. Painted by

      Smibert. Owned by Dr. Townsend, Boston, Mass.   facing 98


Carved Busks. Owned by Essex Institute                      106


"Dorothy Q." "Thirteen Summers," 1720 circa. Owned by