Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Caldwell Family Relics  October 7, 1884
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Edwardsville Standard October 7, 1884
Mr. Wm Caldwell, Miss Sarah Caldwell and Mrs. Margaret Simpson, brothers and 
sisters, who live in the same house about two and a half miles east of 
Chulafinnee, this county, have in their possession some old and very valued 
relics that were brought to this country before the Revolutionary war. These 
relics consists of a couple of wooden boxes and a bed quilt made from a calico 
dress brought over at the same time, all in good preservation, with one 
exception of the calico being faded, and a small hole in the quilt near the 
middle. These goods were brought to this country by their grandfathers, Mr. Wm 
McDonald, of Scotland, and Mr. James Caldwell, of Ireland. The boxes were made 
the old-fashioned way without any nails and were used for carrying their 
provisions. We learn these boxes are well preserved, and the flax wheels we 
learn, are nearly as good as new. The calico and cloth that the quilt is made of 
was brought over in one of the boxes by Mr. McDonald. The calico was made into a 
dress, and for fear it would be stolen by some of the British soldiers during 
the Revolutionary War of 1776, it was buried in the ground for safe keeping. 
After the war when taken out the dress was found to be a little faded, and soon 
after was made into a bed quilt by one of the girls, that is the calico and the 
cloth together, and is a very good quilt yet. The owners of these relics should 
send them to the World's Exposition at New Orleans this fall, by all means.

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