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Primary or secondary source? George Washington hat

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George Washington's hat would be a primary source since it was with him at the time, it is not a replica or analysis.
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 that would be a primary source because it actually is his hat not a replica. a primary source is a firsthand, or the excerpt of someone who was actually there. 
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