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Bag containing a piece of brick from Fort Sumter owned by Marquis Peterson
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Bag containing a piece of brick from Fort Sumter owned by Marquis Peterson

Unidentified · late 19th century

cotton (fiber), brick
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A cotton bag (2017.78.2a) containing a piece of brick (2017.78.2b) from Fort Sumter owned by Marquis Peterson. The bag is brownish white and has a braided drawstring at top. Hand written in black ink on the front of the bag is “THIS ROCK / WAS FROM / FT. SUMTER / M. PETERSON / 55 MVI.” The brick is reddish brown and is flat on the top and bottom. The four sides are irregular in shape and rough. The brick piece has several cracks throughout.

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