Spigot excavated at Fort Crown Point
Classification:
Date:
1730-1783
Medium:
Lead
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 1 x 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Spigot excavated at Fort Crown Point, a fort at Lake Champlain in New York.
Object Number:
INV.5781.9
Gallery Label:
This spigot was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee on June 1st, 1935 at Crown Point, a fort on Lake Champlain in New York. Built by the French and called Fort St. Frederic, the fort was destroyed in 1759 in anticipation of its capture by General Amherst. Rebuilt as Crown Point, the fort was captured on May 11, 1775 by the Green Mountain Boys, and recaptured in June, 1777 by General Burgoyne. The spigot is possibly from a wine or beer cask or keg.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31488
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Buttons (2) excavated at Fort Ticonderoga
Classification:
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Date:
1750-1783
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
largest: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Pewter buttons excavated at Fort Ticonderoga; solid pewter disks.
Object Number:
INV.5778.3-4
Gallery Label:
These buttons were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at Fort Ticonderoga, at Lake Champlain in New York. Built by the French in 1755 and named Carillon, the fort was destroyed in 1759 in anticipation of capture by General Amherst. Rebuilt as Ticonderoga, it was captured on May 10, 1775 by the Green Mountain Boys under Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold, and recaptured by General Burgoyne in June, 1777. The buttons are of the type worn by Hessian soldiers during the Revolution.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31485
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Framed set of British military buttons (51) excavated at a British fort
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Date:
1790-1817
Medium:
Pewter, brass, gilt, bronze
Dimensions:
largest: 3/4 in. ( 1.9 cm )
Description:
Pewter, brass, gilt, or bronze buttons excavated at Fort Lennox, a British fort in Quebec, Canada; some are disks of plain pewter or brass; most are pewter, gilt, or bronze disks with the emblem, name, number or symbol of their regiment or corps in the center; many have floral or other border decorations; many have a British crown above their regiment number; one button has a lion and one has an anchor.
Object Number:
INV.6135.1-51
Marks:
stamped: (13), on face of button: "ROYAL REG OF ARTILLERY" (Royal Regiment of Artillery)
stamped: (14), face: "ROYAL MARINES"
stamped: (15-17), face: "ROYAL SAPPERS MINERS" (Royal Sappers and Miners)
stamped: (18-27), face: "37" (37th British Regiment)
Gallery Label:
These buttons were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at Fort Lennox, a British fort at Isle aux Noix on the Richelieu River in Quebec, Canada. Built first by the French, the fort was captured and abandoned by American forces in 1775, and rebuilt and expanded by British forces during the Revolution and the War of 1812. The Regiment De Watteville was a British foreign regiment consisting of Spanish, Polish, and others who had a role in the British victory at Maida, Italy in 1806.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1817
eMuseum Object ID:
31479
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Musket balls (30) excavated at Revolutionary War sites
Classification:
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Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Lead
Dimensions:
largest: 3/4 in. ( 1.9 cm )
Description:
Lead musket balls excavated at various Revolutionary War sites in Washington Heights.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6075.157-186
Gallery Label:
These musket balls were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at various sites in Washington Heights. They were stored as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection of Revolutionary War Relics (Case 1, No. 190) in the Jumel Mansion, at 160th Street and Edgecomb Avenue.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31468
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Bone molds for buttons (156) excavated at Revolutionary War sites
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Classification:
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Date:
1775-1783
Medium:
Bone
Dimensions:
largest: 1 1/4 x 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Bone molds for buttons excavated at various Revolutionary War sites in Washington Heights.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6075.1-156
Gallery Label:
These bone buttons molds were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at various sites in Washington Heights. They were stored as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection of Revolutionary War Relics in the Jumel Mansion, at 160th Street and Edgecomb Avenue. Bone buttons were often used by soldiers on parts of their clothing where regulation military buttons were not required, and were covered with cloth to match the color of their uniforms.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31464
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British coins (2) excavated at Fort Ticonderoga
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Date:
1734-1775
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
largest: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
Copper British coins excavated at Fort Ticonderoga; disks embossed on front with profile busts of King George and on back with a figure of Britannia holding a staff and leaning on a shield; inscribed on both sides.
Object Number:
INV.5778.1-2
Marks:
stamped: (1), face of coin: "S II"; back of coin: "BRITANNIA/1734" (King George II)
stamped: (2), face of coin: "GEORGIVS III REX"; back of coin: "BRITANNIA/1775" (King George III)
Gallery Label:
These coins were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at Fort Ticonderoga, at Lake Champlain in New York. Built by the French in 1755 and called Carillon, the fort was destroyed in 1759 in anticipation of capture by General Amherst. Rebuilt as Ticonderoga, the fort was captured on May 10, 1775 by the Green Mountain Boys under the command of Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold. The fort was recaptured in June, 1777 by General Burgoyne's army. Number two is probably a half-penny.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
31436
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Bridle bit excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and camp
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Classification:
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Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 5 3/4 in. ( 20.3 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
Iron bridle bit excavated at the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, along Audubon and Eleventh Avenues and between 190th and 194th Streets in Washington Heights, Manhattan; bridle bit is complete.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6318.385
Gallery Label:
This bridle bit was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, in Washington Heights. It was housed for many years as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection of Revolutionary War Relics in the Jumel Mansion, at 160th Street and Edgecomb Avenue.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31428
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Cannonball excavated at Fort Washington
Classification:
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Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 in. ( 12.7 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball; stamped with arrow.
Object Number:
INV.6200.547
Gallery Label:
This cannonball was excavated 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 between Fort Washington and Pinehurst Avenues. The fort was captured on November 16, 1776 by British and Hessian forces, and was occupied by them until evacuation in 1783. The stamped arrow on the cannonball indicates British government ownership.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31392
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Bridle bit excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and camp
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Classification:
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Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 1 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Iron bridle bit excavated at the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, along Audubon and Eleventh Avenues and between 190th and 194th Streets in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6318.384
Gallery Label:
This bridle bit was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, in Washington Heights. It was housed for many years as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection of Revolutionary War Relics in the Jumel Mansion, at 160th Street and Edgecomb Avenue.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31390
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Pike blade excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and camp
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Classification:
Highlight:
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Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 29.8 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Complete iron pike blade excavated at the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, along Audubon and Eleventh Avenues and between 190th and 194th Streets in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6318.383
Gallery Label:
This pike blade was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, in Washington Heights. It was housed for many years as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection of Revolutionary War Relics in the Jumel Mansion, at 160th Street and Edgecomb Avenue.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31387
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