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Men's Wallet

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Men's Wallet

Description:

This wool pettipoint wallet is decorated with a multicolored flame stitch or zig zag pattern. It is trimmed in green cotton binding tape at the edge. This wallet was carried by John Bancroft during the Revolutionary War, and was made by his wife. In this wallet Bancroft may have carried money, letters or other pieces of paper.

Creator:

Mrs. John Bancroft

Creation Date:

1775-1783

Collection Title:

Wallet

Collection Number:

H 76129

Image Number:

TAH1402

Ohio Social Studies Academic Content Standards

History 3-5

  • Benchmark B: Describe the cultural patterns that are evident in North America today as a result of exploration, colonization and conflict.
  • Grade 4, GLI 3: Explain the causes and effects of the frontier wars of the 1790s, including the Battle of Fallen Timbers, on American Indians in Ohio and the United States
  • Grade 5, GLI 5: Explain how the United States became independent from Great Britian.

People and Societies 3-5

  • Benchmark B: Explain the reasons people from various cultural groups came to North America and the consequences of their interactions with each other.
  • Grade 4, GLI 2: Describe the impact of the expansion of European settlements on American Indians in Ohio

History 6-8

  • Benchmark E: Explain the causes and consequences of the American Revolution, with emphasis on both Colonial and British perspectives.
  • Grade 8, GLI 4. Explain the results of important developments of the American Revolution including: a. declaration of American independence; b. character and significance of the military struggle in the North in the early years of the war and the shift of the battle to the South after 1779; c. creation of state constitutions; d. impacts on women, African Americans and American Indians.
  • Benchmark F: Explain the political and economic challenges faced by the United States after the Revolutionary War and the actions that resulted in the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
  • Grade 8, GLI 5. Explain major domestic problems faced by the leaders of the new republic under the Articles of Confederation including: maintaining national security; b. creating a stable economic system; c. dealing with war debts; d. collecting revenue; e. defining the authority of the central government

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