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The pine-tree shilling.--"Plump and ponderous as she was, they weighed the young lady from the floor."

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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Marriage customs - United States

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The pine-tree shilling.--"Plump and ponderous as she was, they weighed the young lady from the floor."

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Title
The pine-tree shilling.--"Plump and ponderous as she was, they weighed the young lady from the floor."
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Marriage customs - United States

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1876-02
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC MARRI - US
Topics
Marriage -- United States
Scales
Brides
Measuring
Safes
Dowry
Hull, John, 1624-1683
Genres
Prints
Notes
Source note: Leslie's monthly magazine. (New York : F. Leslie, 1904-1905).
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 10 x 8 cm
Description
Hannah Holt, daughter of the first mint-master of the New England colonies, is weighed in one arm of a balance against her father's strongbox full of pine-tree shillings. This purportedly provided the value of her marriage dowry. Cf. image ID 835594.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17706536
Barcode: 33333159470182
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3b8480a0-c557-012f-7435-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1876: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The pine-tree shilling.--"Plump and ponderous as she was, they weighed the young lady from the floor."" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1876-02. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-d197-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The pine-tree shilling.--"Plump and ponderous as she was, they weighed the young lady from the floor."" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-d197-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1876-02). The pine-tree shilling.--"Plump and ponderous as she was, they weighed the young lady from the floor." Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-d197-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-d197-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) The pine-tree shilling.--"Plump and ponderous as she was, they weighed the young lady from the floor.", (1876-02) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=May 11, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

The pine-tree shilling.--"Plump and ponderous as she was, they weighed the young lady from the floor."