Boston Post Cane
Identifier:
1175
Title:
Boston Post Cane
Subject:
Description:
Boston Post cane. Replica of original, which is at Town Office. Second replica usually in use (loan for life) by the recipient, the town's oldest citizen. All canes are property of the Town of Southwest Harbor. Recipients have included Jacob Schoppy Mayo 1818-1912 [See SWPL 14165], Elizabeth Thurston King 1905-2009, Mary Orcutt Harkins 1919- . At present recipiant asked not to have cane at her house. Both replicas at Historical Society in 2018.
Rights:
Original Id:
168
Location:
Box 23
Citation
“Boston Post Cane,” Southwest Harbor Historical Society, accessed January 26, 2021, https://swhhs.net/digitalarchive/items/show/180.Item 1175