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The Mule Chest

 My regular Ebay searches for hunt boards, sugar chests, and other antebellum furniture can pull up some really nice things.   When I saw this mule chest sitting in a old house in New Jersey,  I decided to bid on it.    I was the winner and it's slowly making its way from New Jersey to Alabama.  The moving company I use knows that I am in no hurry ( No one in Alabama is in a hurry about anything )  so I get a fantastic rate.  The chest will go from van to van as it makes its way South and should arrive here by the end of the month.  Mule chests ( so named because colonial people kept their mules [shoes] in the bottom drawer ) are a combination blanket chest on top and chest of drawers on the bottom.  I have been looking for one for a long time.