Iron object excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 14 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Iron object excavated at the British military camp on the Dyckman farm in Washington Heights, Manhattan; square body with two large keyholes on opposite sides and series of small holes on all sides; large, circular link and smaller hourglass-shaped link fastened to body.
Object Number:
INV.5924.533
Gallery Label:
This object was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at the British camp on the Dyckman farm, between Seaman and Payson Avenues and 204th Street, in Washington Heights. It was possibly a leg or ankle iron that was used to restrain prisoners.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
33740
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Trowel blade excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 28.6 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Iron trowel blade excavated at the British military camp on the Dyckman farm in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Object Number:
INV.5924.532
Gallery Label:
This trowel was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee on Seaman Avenue at the British camp on the Dyckman farm, which extended between Seaman and Payson Avenues and 204th Street in Washington Heights. It was used by masons, or by British and Hessian soldiers to build huts and repair fortifications.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
33738
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Iron object excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 14.3 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Iron object excavated at the British military camp on the Dyckman farm in Washington Heights, Manhattan; iron collar with arm extending from it.
Object Number:
INV.5924.531
Gallery Label:
This object was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at the British camp on the Dyckman farm, between Seaman and Payson Avenues and 204th Street, in Washington Heights.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
33737
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Porcelain fragments (9)
Classification:
Date:
1760-1800
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
largest: 1 x 3 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Porcelain fragments; one rim, one handle, and seven base; handpainted blue designs.
Object Number:
INV.5804.14-22
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
33724
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pearlware fragments (4)
Classification:
Date:
1775-1800
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
largest: 1 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. ( 3.5 x 17.5 cm )
Description:
Earthenware fragments; blue shell-edged rim fragments.
Object Number:
INV.5804.23-26
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
33723
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fragment of British military cap badge excavated at Fort Haldimand
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1800
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. ( 4.4 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Iron cap badge fragment excavated at Fort Haldimand; flat plate with ornamental designs and inscriptions on front.
Object Number:
INV.5940.70
Marks:
embossed: (70), front of badge: "PAT...."
Gallery Label:
This badge was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse pit at Fort Haldimand, a British fort on Carleton Island in the St. Lawrence River in New York, just below the Canadian border. Built in 1779, the fort commanded passage of the river and was retained by the British until its destruction by American forces in 1812. The badge was worn on the cap of a British grenadier who was part of the garrison during or after the Revolutionary War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
33722
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Brass fastener
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Brass, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 1 5/8 in. ( 4.4 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Brass fastener excavated at Fort Haldimand; heart-shaped with engraved thistle on front; three hooks on back hold leather fragments in place.
Object Number:
INV.5940.69
Gallery Label:
This fastener was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at Fort Haldimand, a British fort on Carleton Island in the St. Lawrence River in New York, just below the Canadian border. Built in 1779, the fort commanded passage of the river and was retained by the British until its destruction by American forces in 1812. The thistle indicates that the fastener belonged to an officer of the 21st Regiment (Scots Fusiliers), who was part of a detachment of that regiment at the fort.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
33718
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bone button fragments (2) excavated at Fort Haldimand
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Bone, brass
Dimensions:
largest: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Bone button fragments excavated at Fort Haldimand; one is the back of a hollow, two-piece button and has a looped brass fastener on back; the other is pierced with four holes.
Object Number:
INV.5940.45-46
Gallery Label:
These buttons were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse pit at Fort Haldimand, a British fort on Carleton Island in the St. Lawrence River in New York, just below the Canadian border. Built in 1779, the fort commanded passage of the river and was retained by the British until its destruction by American forces in 1812. The buttons were worn by British or Loyalist soldiers.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
33716
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 5 1/4 in. ( 25.4 x 13.3 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.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.5924.599
Gallery Label:
This pothook was excavated on June 13, 1915 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. 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:
33711
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
British military cross-belt plate found at Saratoga
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1770-1777
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 2 5/8 in. ( 5.1 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Bronze cross-belt plate; rectangular plate with its regiment number engraved in Roman numerals on front; hook and two rivets on back.
Object Number:
INV.6230.1
Marks:
engraved: (1), on front: "XX" (20th British Regiment)
Gallery Label:
This belt plate was found near the Saratoga battlefield in New York, and was worn by a British soldier who took part in the battle. The plate was worn by a private of the 20th Regiment at the intersection of the two cross-belts that ran diagonally across his chest.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1777
eMuseum Object ID:
33706
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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