Category
General Antiques and Collectibles
Medium
Clay and iron
Distinguishing marks
1956
Condition
Fair
Date Period
1840s
Size and dimensions of this item
2" by 5"
Weight
1 lb+
Long Description
IS A DOOR KNOB FROM SUTTERS MILL WORTH LOOKING INTO IT HAS A VA TAG DATED 1956 AND SAYS PROPERTY SERVICE TAG VA FORM 10-2767 JULY 1956 AND SUTTERS FORT WHICH WAS SUTTERS MILL BACK IN 1849 He had worked for the army core of engineers then and had kept it in the 1950s it a intresting peice of history just John Sutter had used this knob all he wanted to do was mill wood but he died a poor because of the gold
History
Bought it from a shed sale from a widow of a veteran back in 2003
eBay Auction Link
Price Paid (If known)
paid $200 for the whole shed of items
For Sale?
No
Gold Rush Sutters Mill door knob Does it have a Value
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Re: Gold Rush Sutters Mill door knob Does it have a Value for th
I see your concern on the door knob issue but here is a transcript of the events leading up to the building the mill and i recall reading somewhere it was mention that he (johnĀ Sutter felt hestant on turning the knob on the door because of all the racket that was going on out side the mill this was after marshellĀ had brought the gold to a salon and the rush had started already If i find it i'll post it here this was a few years ago i had read it from some essay a collage person had doneĀ
Now to give a clear conception of that most notable event, we must go back to the time when the project of building the mill was first conceived by Messrs. Sutter and Marshall, which was on or near the 1st of June, 1847. But, for want of skilled labor, the matter was delayed for a time, as the class of white men that was to be hired could not be trusted so as to justify a man in the undertaking of an enterprise of such importance as building a gristmill, which he already had under contemplation, and a sawmill forty miles away, in an Indian country; and again, the unsettled condition of the country as it was, so soon after the war, and considering the scarcity of money, caused Mr. Sutter to hesitate until a detachment of 150 men of the Mormon Battalion came up, August 26, and camped on the American Fork River about two miles from Sutterās Fort. After they had a short consultation it was decided that about one hundred of the party would remain over till the next year, and seek employment as best they could. Accordingly, a committee was appointed to wait upon Mr. Sutter, to learn from him what the prospect for employment was. The committee informed Mr. Sutter that we had carpenters, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, millwrights, farmers and common laborers,
Re: Gold Rush Sutters Mill door knob Does it have a Value for th
Re: Gold Rush Sutters Mill door knob Does it have a Value for th
Re: Gold Rush Sutters Mill door knob Does it have a Value for th
Re: Gold Rush Sutters Mill door knob Does it have a Value for th