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Category: Objects -> Tools & Equipment  
Donor: Frank Hamilton
Location: Historic White Pine Village -> Jorissen Barn  
Accession Number: 1969.22.07  
Name of Object: Draw knife (or draw shave))  
Description: - These tools have been handed down to Scott Hamilton, son of Frank S Hamilton and upon his death to William M Hamilton, younger brother of Scott. After the death of William H Hamilton in 1966, the tools passed to his sons Leroy O and Frank Hamilton - blade marked 9 Douglass MFG Co. 8.5 inch blade handles 15 inch span  
History: these tools were purchased in Trumbell Co. Ohio about 1847 by Daniel Stewart Hamilton, a cooper by trade(One who makes or repairs wooden barrels.) The Himilton family moved to Riverton Twp. about 1886. Daniel S Hamilton and his son Frank S Hamilton cleare  
Condition: Very Good  
Year Manufactured: 0000