Show PETER COOPERS TABLE ita the property ot of airs golden of IS n IS Y there is in the city of brooklyn Bro oldyn at the house of mrs A A golden who lives at carroll street a table the history of which without doubt will interest terest I many an old now new yorker it nas as made by peter cooper which lends it tho more interest it was at this table that he and his ife ate their first dinner after they ore ere married in appe appearance aramm it is much smaller than flie 10 modern lining dining table it has two leaves nod two end pieces that are arc attached to the leaves by hinges binges in all it is about four feet square the legs are e long and slender the wood is of PETER COOr LRa TAHLE TABLE cherry and old is as the table is so carefully has it been kept hopt by mrs golden there is no sign sin of scratch or i lar on it in his early ventures petar cooper was often TI jb was in 1810 when lie ho was livin at hampstead L I 1 that lie in burhess rhess bu bt A few days after his failer hj h bield an auction sale of his household goods among them acin being this table mrs mary golden a mother in law of mrs A A golden bought it for a few dollars she afterward used it a as a dinner dinne table at her ber death in 1855 18 5 she willed it to the present owner mrs A A golden the table is one which mr cooper made with his own hands and it is said lie valued it very highly |