Button fragments (5) excavated at Fort Washington
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 7/8 in. ( 2.2 cm )
Description:
Brass button fragments; two are large and slightly dome-shaped; two other large fragments have four holes; one small fragment also has four holes.
Object Number:
INV.6200.112-116
Gallery Label:
These buttons were excavated on June 4, 1922 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. Four of the buttons were probably worn on coats belonging to British or Hessian soldiers.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
34361
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Buttons (2) excavated at Fort Washington
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Brass, bone
Dimensions:
largest: 7/8 in. ( 2.2 cm )
Description:
Brass and bone buttons; thin brass front covering bone center.
Object Number:
INV.6200.110-111
Gallery Label:
These buttons were excavated on June 4, 1922 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 buttons were probably worn on coats belonging to British or Hessian soldiers.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
34359
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button fragments (2) excavated at Fort Washington
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Brass, bronze
Dimensions:
largest: 7/8 in. ( 2.2 cm )
Description:
Brass or bronze button fragments.
Object Number:
INV.6200.108-109
Gallery Label:
These buttons were excavated on June 4, 1922 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 buttons were probably worn by British or Hessian soldiers.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
34357
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tobacco pipe fragment excavated at Fort Washington
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Clay
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 3/4 in. ( 4.1 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Clay tobacco pipe fragment; bowl with stamped coat of arms.
Object Number:
INV.6200.107
Gallery Label:
This pipe was excavated on June 4, 1922 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. Tobacco residue on the inside of the bowl indicates that the pipe was smoked.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
34355
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spade blade excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. ( 24.8 x 17.1 cm )
Description:
Iron blade of spade excavated at the British military camp on the Dyckman farm in Washington Heights, Manhattan; large, flat, rectangular blade.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.5924.601
Gallery Label:
This spade was excavated on May 6, 1917 by Reginald P. Bolton, William L. Calver, and others before the formation of the Field Exploration Committee in 1918, at the British camp on the Dyckman farm, which extended between Seaman and Payson Avenues and 204th Street in Washington Heights. The spade would have been used to build huts and fortifications.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
34328
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pothook excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1776-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 6 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Iron pothook excavated at the British military camp on the Dyckman farm in Washington Heights, Manhattan; two large, flat strips of iron that have been nailed together and bent in half.
Object Number:
INV.5924.600
Gallery Label:
This pothook was excavated on September 8, 1918 by the Field Exploration Committee at the British camp on the Dyckman farm, which extended between Seaman and Payson Avenues and 204th Street in Washington Heights. British soldiers made the hook by bending iron barrel hoops, and then hung the hook from the wall of their hut.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
34325
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Button fragment excavated at Fort Washington
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 in. ( 1.3 cm )
Description:
Brass button fragment; pierced with four holes.
Object Number:
INV.6200.106
Gallery Label:
This button was excavated on May 28, 1922 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.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
34317
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Gunflints (8) excavated at Fort Washington
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Flint
Dimensions:
largest: 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 1.3 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Gunflints; black, grey, or brown-colored.
Object Number:
INV.6200.98-105
Gallery Label:
These flints were excavated in 1923 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. All are musket flints except one, which may have been used with a rifle.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
34314
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bar shot (2) excavated at Fort Washington
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
largest: 10 7/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 27.6 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Iron bar shot; short, rectangular bar with large domes at both ends.
Object Number:
INV.6200.544-545
Gallery Label:
This bar shot was excavated in 1922 by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse deposit 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 bar shot was designed to expand upon firing, and may have been part of captured American stores.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
34293
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
British military buttons (3) excavated at Fort Washington
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1770-1783
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
largest: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Pewter military buttons; one has a roped border; another is decorated with a floral design on front.
Object Number:
INV.6200.95-97
Gallery Label:
These buttons were excavated in 1923 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 buttons were worn on the uniforms of British privates; one button (No. 95) was worn on a coat.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
34288
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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