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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  obliged 
  to 
  you 
  for 
  the 
  information 
  which 
  you 
  have 
  furnished. 
  

   There 
  are 
  several 
  matters 
  concerning 
  these 
  brooches 
  upon 
  which 
  I 
  

   should 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  have 
  you 
  enlighten 
  me. 
  

  

  First, 
  what 
  is 
  the 
  earliest 
  record 
  that 
  you 
  have 
  of 
  the 
  manu- 
  

   facture 
  of 
  these 
  brooches? 
  

  

  Second, 
  for 
  what 
  purpose 
  were 
  they 
  employed, 
  that 
  is, 
  how 
  worn 
  

   upon 
  the 
  clothing? 
  

  

  Third, 
  what 
  distinctive 
  names 
  are 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  types 
  of 
  

   these 
  brooches 
  respectively? 
  The 
  single 
  heart 
  and 
  crown 
  brooch 
  

   I 
  assume 
  to 
  be 
  copies 
  from 
  the 
  Douglass 
  crest, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  so 
  

   sure 
  what 
  name 
  would 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  double 
  heart 
  brooch, 
  N. 
  G. 
  

   44, 
  page 
  359 
  of 
  3^our 
  catalogue. 
  

  

  Are 
  there 
  any 
  sets 
  of 
  tools, 
  dies 
  and 
  punches 
  in 
  your 
  museum 
  

   which 
  were 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  makers 
  of 
  this 
  silver 
  work? 
  I 
  have 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  several 
  sets 
  of 
  these 
  tools 
  which 
  were 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

   Indians 
  for 
  cutting 
  out 
  the 
  brooches, 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  question 
  

   that 
  the 
  Indians 
  themselves 
  imitated 
  them. 
  If 
  you 
  have 
  any 
  refer- 
  

   ence 
  to 
  old 
  documents 
  which 
  tell 
  of 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  these 
  orna- 
  

   ments 
  to 
  the 
  Indians 
  in 
  Canada 
  and 
  other 
  British 
  Indians 
  in 
  North 
  

   America, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  material 
  assistance 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  note 
  of 
  

   them. 
  

  

  Under 
  separate 
  cover 
  I 
  am 
  sending 
  you 
  several 
  bulletins 
  of 
  this 
  

   museum 
  which 
  may 
  interest 
  you 
  in 
  your 
  comparative 
  studies. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  yours 
  

  

  [Signed] 
  Arthur 
  C. 
  Parker 
  

  

  Archeologist 
  

  

  Under 
  date 
  of 
  Jan. 
  9th, 
  1909, 
  Dr 
  x\nderson 
  replied 
  : 
  

  

  Dear 
  sir 
  : 
  The 
  earliest 
  period 
  for 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  the 
  heart- 
  

   shaped 
  and 
  other 
  shapes 
  of 
  the 
  Luckenbooth 
  brooches 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  

   of 
  inference, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  17th 
  rather 
  than 
  i8th 
  century. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  

   know 
  any 
  record 
  mentioning 
  them 
  specifically. 
  The 
  name, 
  " 
  Luck- 
  

   enbooth 
  brooches," 
  is. 
  an 
  antiquary's 
  invention, 
  because 
  they 
  were 
  

   sold 
  in 
  the 
  stalls 
  or 
  Luckenbooths 
  around 
  St 
  Giles's 
  Church 
  in 
  

   the 
  High 
  street 
  of 
  Edinburgh. 
  But 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  confined 
  to 
  

   Edinburgh 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  Luckenbooths 
  there. 
  

  

  They 
  were 
  worn 
  by 
  women 
  and 
  children 
  in 
  the 
  fastening 
  of 
  a 
  

   bodice 
  or 
  collar 
  or 
  such 
  part 
  of 
  dress. 
  Being 
  so 
  made 
  they 
  were 
  

   inserted 
  for 
  the 
  fastening 
  of 
  thick 
  stuffs. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  no 
  distinctive 
  names 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  different 
  types 
  of 
  

   these 
  brooches, 
  unless 
  by 
  descriptive 
  phrases, 
  such 
  as 
  heartshaped, 
  

   crowned 
  hearts, 
  double 
  hearts, 
  crowned 
  or 
  not 
  as 
  may 
  be, 
  etc. 
  

  

  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  the 
  brooches 
  that 
  partake 
  of 
  the 
  heart 
  shape 
  were 
  

   made 
  in 
  imitation 
  of 
  the 
  Douglass 
  crest, 
  or 
  have 
  any 
  relation 
  to 
  

   the 
  family 
  or 
  traditions 
  of 
  the 
  Douglasses. 
  They 
  were 
  mostly 
  

   used 
  as 
  love 
  tokens, 
  or 
  betrothal 
  gifts, 
  and 
  the 
  choice 
  of 
  the 
  heart 
  

   shape 
  or 
  the 
  crowned 
  heart 
  or 
  the 
  double 
  heart 
  for 
  these 
  purposes 
  

   is 
  sufficiently 
  obvious. 
  Moreover 
  they 
  frequently 
  bear 
  inscriptions, 
  

   initials 
  or 
  posies, 
  for 
  instance 
  on 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  museum 
  is 
  the 
  inscrip- 
  

  

  