Embroidery by Mary Cooke Fowle, undated

Series X. Fowle and Durant family (circa 1775, 1823-1863) consists of objects relating to college founders Mr. and Mrs. Durant’s grandfather, Captain John Fowle, and his time serving in the Revolutionary War, including three bullets from a supply of ammunition stored in a colonial meeting house in Lincoln, Massachusetts, the Insignia of the Order of the Cincinnati, and a framed invitation to attend the Standing Committee meeting of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati. Series also consists of personal objects of Pauline Adeline Fowle Durant, including her wedding handkerchief, a locket with a picture of her son Henry “Harry” Fowle Durant Jr., a jewelry box, a brooch, embroidery by relative Mary Cooke Fowle, cousin Mrs. Bissell, and portraits of family members including her parents, her husband Henry, and herself in wedding garb. Series also includes objects of Pauline Adeline Fowle Durant’s father, Major (later Lieutenant Colonel) John “Jack” Fowle, such as his pocket guide of the United States, a “Little Housewife” doll made for him by Pauline, a mourning pin containing a lock of his hair, a book by Revered Charles Caleb Colton.