Quilt in the collection of the Ohio Historical Society.
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This is not an Ohio quilt. At first glance the cut-out chintz applique
looks to be a Southern quilt. The caption confirms that regional origin.
When the donor gave this quilt in 1979 she told this story.
"Nathan Farmin, a Union soldier, found the quilt during a foraging expedition in North Carolina in 1861 and sent it north. He found it in a chest that had been buried."
Burying the quilt did not keep it safe. But the tale gives us more confirmation that quilts were indeed buried in trunks. And this one survived rather well.
No reports of silver.
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And see the quilt at the Ohio History Connection here:
http://catalog.ohiohistory.org/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?q=SCA1NjA3&ctID=N2IxOTczM2EtNmQ5Yy00MDc3LTljYmItZjcwZTI3N2ZlYmNl&rID=NzExMDc=&qcf=&ph=VHJ1ZQ==&bckToL=VHJ1ZQ==&
http://catalog.ohiohistory.org/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?q=SCA1NjA3&ctID=N2IxOTczM2EtNmQ5Yy00MDc3LTljYmItZjcwZTI3N2ZlYmNl&rID=NzExMDc=&qcf=&ph=VHJ1ZQ==&bckToL=VHJ1ZQ==&