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    Oct 19, 2021 2 minutes

    Family lore says that this desk dates to the 18th century. It is a slant-top desk-on-frame, and looks remarkably like one in your online article “History of the Desk,” by Brian Coleman. The two desks are different from any others I’ve seen. We know ours has been in the family for three-plus generations, passed down from a branch that came to Virginia in the

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