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Photographer: Sandra Hughes
Taken: September 25, 2010
Caption: Sewing for Andrew Jackson's family
Additional Description: Thimbles, scissors, a crochet hook, straight pins, a lace-making bobbin, a needle case and other sewing implements were found in the center unit of the triplex.

Gracy did fine sewing and made clothing for several Jackson family members such as collars for Little Rachel and this shirt made for Andrew Jackson. She did all of the work by hand. There are no records to tell who made the vast quantities of clothing that the enslaved would have needed.
Submitted: February 9, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p192144
File Size: 0.171 Megabytes

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