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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 2705998, member: 5066&quot;]Which brings up another important matter, ZERO serious scholarship on these objects, just anecdotal stories.</p><p>Another thing I find odd, I see no evidence of water damage on any of these chests and I find that highly unlikely. These guys were not exactly sailing on the Queen Mary 2 in air-conditioned cabins you realize.</p><p>Getting back to these stories, here is one I came across that I find odd in many ways. Again, no serious study of this chest below and none likely to be forthcoming as they have it sealed in a glass case. Only a press release on their website&nbsp; and you have to go to their FaceBook page for photographs and, these guys claim to be a museum. OK, I am easy, if you say so. </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>Museum Acquires Sea Chest of John Claypoole, Husband of Betsy Ross</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>Just in time for Veterans Day, the wooden sea chest of Revolutionary War veteran John Claypoole, third husband of the famed Betsy Ross, the seamstress and upholsterer who was long-celebrated as the creator of the American flag, is now on display at the Museum of the American Revolution. The Museum acquired the chest from a descendant of Ross and Claypoole. The chest is now installed in the Museum’s “War at Sea” gallery and will remain on permanent display.</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b><br /></b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>Link to entire Press Release.</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><a href="https://www.amrevmuseum.org/press-room/press-releases/museum-acquires-sea-chest-john-claypoole-husband-betsy-ross" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amrevmuseum.org/press-room/press-releases/museum-acquires-sea-chest-john-claypoole-husband-betsy-ross" rel="nofollow">https://www.amrevmuseum.org/press-room/press-releases/museum-acquires-sea-chest-john-claypoole-husband-betsy-ross</a></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">The FB Photos</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AmRevMuseum/photos/the-wooden-sea-chest-of-revolutionary-war-veteran-john-claypoole-betsy-ross-thir/2541994355887119" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.facebook.com/AmRevMuseum/photos/the-wooden-sea-chest-of-revolutionary-war-veteran-john-claypoole-betsy-ross-thir/2541994355887119" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/AmRevMuseum/photos/the-wooden-sea-chest-of-revolutionary-war-veteran-john-claypoole-betsy-ross-thir/2541994355887119</a></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]274691[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]274692[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]274693[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]274694[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">Again, I am not trying to rain on anyone&#039;s parade here, I am saying I have questions.</font></p><p><font size="5">I just don&#039;t know but, trying to find out.</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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