Templar
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| Fetch? | Row ID | Media | Date | Vessel | Place | Related Places | Inscription/Marks | Subject | Notes | Archive Number |
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| 1 | No image URL. | SHORT DESCRIPTION: Black beaver, fore and aft hat with black ribbon cockade with sequined seven-pointed star. Ornate logo for the manufacturer on the interior. It is unclear whether this hat is naval or not. NOTES: Objects 1982.54.01-.15 were purchased from a Stephenson's Auction Gallery Special Nautical sale. The materials were listed as being from the collection of Donald F. Stewart. Mr. Stewart was the former director of the USS Constellation and was instrumental in getting the ship designated as a historical landmark. However, Mr. Stewart was a controversial figure who became known for fabricating documents and historical information. Unless it can be proved beyond a reasonable doubt the attribution of all of the items associated with this accession should be considered suspect. (This object was attributed to Commodore Charles Stewart who was the captain of the Constitution between 1813 and 1815.] NOTES: [J. Willoz-Egnor, July 9, 2026] Bent and Bush was a prominent American manufacturer of military and ceremonial uniforms, headgear, swords and other goods. They manufactured presentation swords, staff and field officer swords, and ceremonial blades for Masonic orders like the Knights Templar. --From The Bent Family in America, by Allen H. Bent, published by David Clapp & Son, Boston, 1900: Charles Bent (born in Milton, Mass., on January 18, 1790, died in Lowell on December 5, 1852). About 1823 moved to what is now the city of Lowell, then a part of Chelmsford, and shortly thereafter began, with Francis Bush, a hat manufactory. About 1849 they opened a store at the corner of Washington and Court Streets, Boston, although Bent never moved to Boston. --The Newsweekly Tercentenary Edition Industries Section states: The hat factory of Messers. Bent and Bush was situated on Black Brook, on Baldwin Street. They employed a number of men at this place in the process of making the bodies of the hats. They had another building at the corner of Middlesex and Baldwin Street where the hats were finished. This required a number of men to finish and women to do the trimming. --Daily National Journal, October 31, 1826, page 3 lists the company Bent & Bush of Chelmsford displaying hats at the New England Society for the Promotion of Manufacturers and the Mechanic Arts display. --In 1837, Bent and Bush maintained hat factory in Middlesex Village in Chelmsford. It left the town when the Middlesex Canal was driven out of business by the steam train (Chelmsford...A Historical Tour, published by the Chelmsford Historical Commission in 1975). --The United States Gazette, September 2, 1828, page 1: Bent & Bush of Lowell was awarded a medal for the best hats at the New England Society anniversary. --The Times-Union, January 9, 1829, page 2: The hat manufactory of Messrs. Bent & Bush, says the Lowell Journal, is on the banks of the Middlesex canal in Middlesex village, Chelmsford, where they employ constantly from twenty-five to thirty men, and from fifteen to twenty females. They manufacture yearly, hats to the amount of $40,000--principally of the best quality, averaging in price not less than seven dollars. Most of their hats find a ready sale in the Boston market. --An advertisement of the Boston Evening Transcript, April 5, 1849, page 3 indicates that Bent & Bush have taken over the store at the corner of Court and Washington Streets that was known as Rhoades' Fashionable Hat Establishement. --A billhead from 1859 says the company were importers, manufacturers and dealers in hats, caps, furs, umbrellas, &c., also military caps, swords, epauletts, &c. at the Corner of Court and Washingtion Streets. --A number of government contracts were awarded to the company in the 1870s (1872 -18,000 dress caps; 1874-10,800 dress caps; 1874-8.500 helments; 1878-800 helments). --In 1890 the company was located at 387 Washington Streets and remained at that location through 1902. --An advertisement in The Daily Item, October 29, 1910, page 10 places the business at 15 School Street, Boston [ads place the company there as early as 1903. The Boston Post of November 6, 1903 says "now at 15 School Street."]. --The Boston Globe, February 4, 1912, page 53 indicates Bent & Bush Co. was under new management and is prepared to furnish badges, flags, banners, pins, buttons, charms, and regalia for all societies. Gold and silver trimmings and Army and Navy goods, elevated RR and fireman's caps. The compan was located at 338 Washington Street. --An advertisement in 1921 indicates Bent & Bush were manufacturing Masonic emblems and jewelry (badges, flags, banners, service buttons & stripes) and the company was located at 338 Washington Street. --Engaged in business up to 1933. INVENTORY: hat and box - there are two (2) component parts. | CL12991 |
Created 2026 by Don Barker, CBMM volunteer, for the Chesapeake Shipbuilding Project. shipbuilding@sailingworkboats.es