Curator's Top 10 List
While our curator Jan loves working with the entire collection here at the Buttonwoods, she does have a few favorites. Her favorite top 10 items are below.
| The Haverhill Deed, signed in 1642 by Passaquo, SaggaHew and six colonists |
| The Haverhill Petition, presented to Congress by John Adams |
| The Man’s Wedding Shoes, early 19th century |
| The Red Cape, owned and worn by Squire William White, late 18th century |
| The Worshipping Oak, where the Rev. John Ward held religious services before the meeting house was built |
| The Civil War Flag, made by Nancy Buswell of silk ribbon from her millinery shop |
| The Saltonstall Embroidery |
| The Abigail Adams Dress |
| The Painted Desk, by Elizabeth Morse when she was student at Bradford Academy, c. 1815 |
| Hair Jewelry of the Duncan Family |