These flints were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse pit outside the south ramparts of Fort Washington. Built by the Continental Army in the summer of 1776, the fort extended west along 183rd Street from Fort Washington Avenue to Pinehurst Avenue. The fort was captured on November 16, 1776 by British and Hessian forces, and was occupied by them until 1783.

This fragment was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse pit outside the south ramparts of Fort Washington. Built by the Continental Army in the summer of 1776, the fort extended west along 183rd Street from Fort Washington Avenue to Pinehurst Avenue. The fort was captured on November 16, 1776 by British and Hessian forces, and was occupied by them until 1783. The scabbard hook fastened a bayonet scabbard to a belt worn by a British or Hessian soldier.

This fragment was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse pit outside the south ramparts of Fort Washington. Built by the Continental Army in the summer of 1776, the fort extended west along 183rd Street from Fort Washington Avenue to Pinehurst Avenue. The fort was captured on November 16, 1776 by British and Hessian forces, and was occupied until 1783. The fragment was the back of a two-part button that was probably worn on a coat belonging to a British or Hessian soldier.

This fragment was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse pit outside the south ramparts of Fort Washington. Built by the Continental Army in the summer of 1776, the fort extended west along 183rd Street from Fort Washington Avenue to Pinehurst Avenue. The fort was captured on November 16, 1776 by British and Hessian forces, and was occupied until 1783. The fragment was the back of a two-part button that was probably worn on a coat belonging to a British or Hessian soldier.

This button was excavated in the vicinity of Fort George by Reginald P. Bolton, William L. Calver, and others before the formation of the Field Exploration Committee in 1918. Built in 1781, the fort extended between Audobon and Amsterdam Avenues and 192nd and 193rd Streets in Washington Heights. The button was worn by a private of the 10th Regiment who was camped near the fort.

This button was excavated in the vicinity of Fort George by Reginald P. Bolton, William L. Calver, and others before the formation of the Field Exploration Committee in 1918. Built in 1781, the fort extended between Audobon and Amsterdam Avenues and 192nd and 193rd Streets in Washington Heights. The button was worn by a private of the 35th Regiment who was camped near the fort.

This buckle was found in a box with material excavated or obtained by the Field Exploration Committee at Mount Independence, Vermont, at Louisbourg fortress on Cape Breton Island, Canada, and at Digby in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is unclear where the buckle was found. The buckle was probably a shoe buckle.

This shell fragment was found in the garden of R.H. Bowne, Esq., near the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, in Washington Heights.

This bayonet was found by Reginald P. Bolton, William L. Calver, and others before the formation of the Field Exploration Committee in 1918, at 191st Street and Broadway in Washington Heights, Manhattan. The broken bayonet was probably thrown away by a British or Hessian soldier.

This button was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from a refuse deposit near military barracks that extended along Bennett Avenue between 181st and 182nd Streets. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the barracks were occupied by the British and Hessian garrisons of the fort until evacuation in 1783. The button may have been worn by a civilian or an officer.