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1854 Trousseaux

When James Griffing resigned his employment as a map agent to take a ministerial appointment with the Methodist Church in Indianapolis in 1854, plans for a not-too-distant wedding began to emerge. By the summer of that year, James and Augusta had pledged themselves to one another and a fall wedding was contemplated. Augusta began to collect items she felt would be needed to set up housekeeping in Indianapolis. For the majority of her trousseaux purchases, Augusta turned to her Uncle Elizur Goodrich who was a partner in a Dry Goods Business in Hartford, Connecticut. Augusta later expressed regret for having purchased such "finery" when their wedding plans were surprisingly and abruptly altered by James' appointment to Kansas Territory.
  

Butter Knives from Rogers Brothers of Hartford, Connecticut

Coin Silver Spoons engraved with "Goodrich" and "JAG"

Linen marked "J. Augusta Goodrich, No. 11"

Record of Purchases Paid by Augusta to her Uncle Elizur in September 1854