This particular replica sold at auction In Woodbury, Connecticut on Halloween 2023 for $4000. Its present location and provenance are unknown and there are no known markings. It has a photograph reproduction of the original inscription and a secondary label. Speculation will continue until more is learned regarding this very recently surfaced duplicate desk. The secondary label is strikingly similar to another label associated with the desk marked number seven in the collection of the Concord Museum.
Probable original owners favor George Hoar and William Evarts with a possibility of either John Sherman or John R. Tucker. The author would expect Hoar's or Evart's desks to surface in the general Boston area and Sherman's to surface in Ohio and Tucker's to do so in Virginia as these are the last known locations for the latter two desks. Of course there are other possibilities.
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replica of the portable desk upon which Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, with hinged top opening to felt lined writing board, second level of hinged interior with folding easel and opens to a copy of the note from Jefferson gifting a replica of the desk to Joseph Coolidge in 1825. 3 1/2" high, 14 1/2" wide, 10" deep. Minor age and use wear.
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