Walking stick
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Photo courtesy of National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institutuion, Behring Center ( Washington, D.C.)

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The walking stick or cane is of dark wood, with a wide ferrule at the top. Its knob is in the form of a cap with a button at the center, resembling Rousseau's cap, which was later associated with Franklin by the French.

An image can be found here.

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