Pike or lance point
Classification:
Date:
1775-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 7/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 40.3 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Iron pike or lance point; diamond-shaped blade in cross-section with two flat arms fastened together with nails extending from bottom.
Object Number:
INV.6168.39
Gallery Label:
This blade was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others at a military camp at 201st Street and Ninth Avenue in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the camp was occupied by British soldiers who were guarding the landing area for a ferry that crossed the Harlem River from the Bronx to Manhattan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
32363
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Framed set of British military buttons (29)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1770-1783
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
largest: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Pewter military buttons; buttons have the emblem, number, or symbol of their regiment on front; one button has its regiment number enclosed inside of a starburst; one has three feathers above its regiment number; another has its number in the center, encircled by an inscription along the bottom edge of the button; many buttons have crowns above their numbers, and wreathed, roped, or corded border designs. There are descriptive labels inside the frame, and small numbered labels under each button.
Object Number:
INV.6330.1-29
Marks:
stamped: (1), front of button: "CM GDS" (Coldstream Guards; worn on a coat or vest)
stamped: (2), front: "IV" (4th Regiment of Foot)
stamped: (3), front: "V" (5th Regiment of Foot)
stamped: (4), front: "K/8" (8th Regiment of Foot)
stamped: (5), front:
Gallery Label:
These buttons were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at British military camps and forts in Washington Heights, Manhattan. They were worn on the uniform coats of British and Loyalist privates who garrisoned Washington Heights from the surrender of Fort Washington on November 16, 1776 until evacuation in 1783.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
32338
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Buttons (48) excavated at West Point
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Pewter, brass, bronze, bone
Dimensions:
largest: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Pewter, brass, or bronze buttons excavated at West Point; most of the buttons are disk-shaped and solid, but five are dome-shaped and hollow; one solid pewter button has an emblem inscribed on front; one solid brass and another solid pewter button are inscribed on back; eight buttons are disk-shaped and have thin metal faces, and one of these buttons has a brass face and bone back.
Object Number:
INV.5925.271-318
Marks:
stamped: (271), front of button: "USA" (Continental Army military button)
stamped: (273), back of button: "..........ITY"
stamped: (317), back of button: "RST...H"
Gallery Label:
These buttons were excavated in 1923 by the Field Exploration Committee from the refuse pit of the Revolutionary War barracks at West Point, a citadel in Orange County, New York built by the Continental Army in 1777. The buttons inscribed on back were probably manufactured after the war, since maker's names were not stamped on buttons until the nineteenth century. The thin-faced buttons probably belonged to officers, and may have been sent from France as part of military aid shipments.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
32322
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handle excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 3/8 in. ( 8.3 x 4.1 x 1 cm )
Description:
Iron handle excavated at the British military camp on the Dyckman farm in Washington Heights, Manhattan; flat, slightly curved handles attached to circular hinge.
Object Number:
INV.5924.442
Gallery Label:
This handle was excavated by Reginald Pelham Bolton, William L. Calver, and others before or after the formation of the Field Exploration Committee in 1918, at the British camp on the Dyckman farm, between Seaman and Payson Avenues, and at 204th St. in Washington Heights.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
32294
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Frizzen from musket excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 7/8 in. ( 5.4 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Iron frizzen from musket excavated at the British military camp on the Dyckman farm in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.5924.441
Gallery Label:
This frizzen was excavated on September 17, 1916 by Reginald Pelham Bolton, William L. Calver, and others before the formation of the Field Exploration Committee in 1918, at the British camp on the Dyckman farm, between Seaman and Payson Avenues, and at 204th St. in Washington Heights. It was stored as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection of Revolutionary War Relics in the Morris-Jumel Mansion, at 160th Street and Edgecomb Avenue.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
32293
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spike excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 3/8 x 1/4 in. ( 10.5 x 1 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Copper spike excavated at the British military camp on the Dyckman farm in Washington Heights, Manhattan; engraved with arrow.
Object Number:
INV.5924.440
Gallery Label:
This spike was excavated by Reginald Pelham Bolton, William L. Calver, and others before or after the formation of the Field Exploration Committee in 1918, at the British camp on the Dyckman farm, between Seaman and Payson Avenues, and at 204th St. in Washington Heights. The arrow mark indicates British Government ownership.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
32292
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Framed set of buttons (48) excavated at British Revolutionary War sites
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Brass, bronze, pewter, silver
Dimensions:
largest: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Brass, bronze, pewter, or silver buttons; the buttons are disk or dome-shaped; one large button is silver.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
1947.286.1-48
Marks:
engraved: (20), on back of button: "....OC/...OR . S" (probably maker's name)
Gallery Label:
These buttons were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton, William L. Calver, and others before the formation of the Field Exploration Committee in 1918, at Fort Washington and at British military camps in Washington Heights. Many of the buttons were probably worn by Hessian soldiers, whose uniform buttons were usually undecorated and unnumbered. British soldiers, whose uniform buttons were numbered by regiment, may also have worn some of these buttons as replacements for lost regulation buttons.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
32286
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coiled wire fragments (6) excavated at West Point
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1790-1815
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 7/8 x 1/8 in. ( 2.2 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Brass coiled wire fragments excavated at West Point; spiral-shaped coils.
Object Number:
INV.5925.265-270
Gallery Label:
These fragments were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse pit near an early nineteenth-century barracks at West Point, a series of barracks and redoubts in Orange County, New York built by the Continental Army in 1777. West Point was built to establish American control of the Hudson River, and to protect the Hudson Highlands from attack by the British Army in New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
32274
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pewter fragments (2) excavated at West Point
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1790-1815
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
largest: 1 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 3.2 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Pewter fragments excavated at West Point; flat fragments; one fragment has two holes, the other has four.
Object Number:
INV.5925.263-264
Gallery Label:
These fragments were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse pit near an early nineteenth-century barracks at West Point, a series of barracks and redoubts in Orange County, New York built by the Continental Army in 1777. West Point was built to establish American control of the Hudson River, and to protect the Hudson Highlands from attack by the British Army in New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
32273
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Musket flint excavated at West Point
Classification:
Date:
1790-1815
Medium:
Flint
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 7/8 x 1/4 in. ( 4.1 x 2.2 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Musket flint excavated at West Point.
Object Number:
INV.5925.262
Gallery Label:
This flint was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse pit near an early nineteenth-century barracks at West Point, a series of barracks and redoubts in Orange County, New York built by the Continental Army in 1777. West Point was built to establish American control of the Hudson River, and to protect the Hudson Highlands from attack by the British Army in New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
32272
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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