Sewing Box, John Quincy Adams, 1828

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/67ab8ac0e9b173a0934c2833c9815f2b

Title

Sewing Box, John Quincy Adams, 1828

Creator

Adams, John Quincy

Date

c1828

Description

This 1828 campaign sewing box offered women a way to show their support for a candidate, though they couldn’t vote at the time. This box shows incumbent John Quincy Adams, who in 1828 was running as a National Republican. A similar box was made showing Adam’s opponent, Democrat Andrew Jackson. After a contentious campaign, Jackson won the presidency.

Subject

Sewing
Government
Social reformers
Knitting
Politics
Textiles
Adams, John Quincy

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Relation

https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=NMAH-ET2016-8060&max=150

References

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmah_516282&repo=DPLA

Subject

Sewing
Government
Social reformers
Knitting
Politics
Textiles
Adams, John Quincy
Sewing and Knitting

Citation

Adams, John Quincy, “Sewing Box, John Quincy Adams, 1828,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed September 5, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/26910.

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