Horseshoes (5) excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and cam
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Classification:
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Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
largest: 6 x 5 in. ( 15.2 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
One of five iron horseshoes.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6318.378
Gallery Label:
The Field Exploration Committee excavated this horseshoe 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. It is one of a group of five (INV.6318.378-382) that were housed for many years as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection of Revolutionary War Relics (Case 3) at the Morris-Jumel Mansion at 160th Street and Edgecomb Avenue.
Bibliography:
Calver, William Louis and Reginald Pelham Bolton. History Written with a Pick and Shovel: Military Buttons, Belt-plates, Badges and Other Relics Excavated from Colonial, Revolutionary, and War of 1812 Camp Sites by the Field Exploration Committee of the New-York Historical Society. New York: New-York Historical Society, 1950.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31384
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Human bone fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
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Date:
1775-1783
Medium:
Bone
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Bone fragment from a human cranium.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6142.79
Gallery Label:
This bone was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others before the formation of the Field Exploration Committee at a sanitary camp that extended east of Broadway, between 196th and Ellwood Streets. The camp was built in the summer of 1779 to quarantine British and Hessian soldiers who had become infected with a fever that was sweeping through the military camps in Washington Heights. The bone was part of the skull of a soldier who died in the camp.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31312
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Human bone fragments excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
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Date:
1775-1783
Medium:
Bone
Dimensions:
largest: 3 1/2 x 3 in. ( 8.9 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Bone fragments from a human cranium.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6142.78a-i
Gallery Label:
These bones were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others before the formation of the Field Exploration Committee at a sanitary camp that extended east of Broadway, between 196th and Ellwood Streets. The camp was built in the summer of 1779 to quarantine British and Hessian soldiers who had become infected with a fever that was sweeping through the military camps in Washington Heights. The bones were part of the skull of a soldier who died in the camp.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31310
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Human bone fragments excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
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Date:
1775-1783
Medium:
Bone
Dimensions:
largest: 4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 10.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Bone fragments from a human cranium.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6142.77ab
Gallery Label:
These bones were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others before the formation of the Field Exploration Committee at a sanitary camp that extended east of Broadway, between 196th and Ellwood Streets. The camp was built in the summer of 1779 to quarantine British and Hessian soldiers who had become infected with a fever that was sweeping through the military camps in Washington Heights. The bones are part of the skull of a soldier who died in the camp.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31275
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Wine glass fragment
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 3.2 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless, knopped stem.
Object Number:
INV.5802.50
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this fragment was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others at a Revolutionary War site in Washington Heights, Manhattan. The label did not identify the site.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31272
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Human bone fragments excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
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Classification:
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Date:
1775-1783
Medium:
Bone
Dimensions:
largest: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 11.4 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Bone fragments from a human cranium.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6142.76ab
Gallery Label:
These bones were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others before the formation of the Field Exploration Committee at a sanitary camp that extended east of Broadway, between 196th and Ellwood Streets. The camp was built in the summer of 1779 to quarantine British and Hessian soldiers who had become infected with a fever that was sweeping through the military camps in Washington Heights. The bones are part of the skull of a soldier who died in the camp.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31266
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Framed set of U.S. military (24) buttons excavated at a War of 1812 site
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Classification:
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Date:
1810-1814
Medium:
Bronze, brass
Dimensions:
largest: 3/4 in. ( 1.9 cm )
Description:
Bronze or brass United States Artillery buttons excavated at Fort George, a British fort in Ontario, Canada; solid bronze or brass disks with the emblem, number or symbol of their regiment in the center of the button; most buttons have foliate script lettering and a small oval border design around the regiment number; one button has the design of an eagle perched atop a cannon.
Object Number:
INV.6219.1-24
Marks:
stamped: (1), on face of button: "RA" (foliate script; Regiment of Artillerists)
stamped: (2-4), face: "RA/2" (foliate; 2nd Regiment of Artillery)
stamped: (5), face: "RA" (foliate)
stamped: (6), face: "RA/2" (foliate)
stamped: (7), face: "1.REGT." (1
Gallery Label:
These buttons were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at Fort George, a British fort along the Niagra River in Ontario, Canada, on the border of New York and Canada. It was built in 1795 and captured by American forces in 1813. The unnumbered Regiment of Artillerists buttons were first manufactured in 1810, and were replaced by the numbered Artillery buttons in 1812, when regiments were added to prepare for the war. The Corps of Artillery button was first manufactured in 1814.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1814
eMuseum Object ID:
31252
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Brick found at Fort Tryon
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Clay
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 3 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. ( 20.3 x 9.5 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Clay brick; red and one side is partially glazed.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6220.7
Gallery Label:
This brick was found at Fort Tryon. Built by the Continental Army in the summer of 1776, the fort extended along 192nd Street at Fort Washington Avenue and functioned as a small, northern extension of Fort Washington.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31242
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Bone fragments (2) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
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Date:
1775-1783
Medium:
Bone
Dimensions:
largest: 5 1/2 x 3 in. ( 14 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Bone fragments; one thoracic vertabrae.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6142.74-75
Gallery Label:
These bones were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others before the formation of the Field Exploration Committee at sanitary camp that extended east of Broadway, between 196th and Ellwood Streets. The camp was built in the summer of 1779 to quarantine British and Hessian soldiers infected with a fever epidemic that was sweeping through the military camps in Washington Heights. The bones came from a large domestic animal that may have been used to feed the quarantined soldiers.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31224
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Pike point found at Fort Tryon
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 1 1/2 in. ( 48.3 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Iron pike point; blade extending from hollow, spike-shaped base with two flat arms.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6220.6
Gallery Label:
This pike point was found by Jonas Libbey at Libbey castle, near Fort Tryon. Built by the Continental Army in the summer of 1776, the fort extended along 192nd Street at Fort Washington Avenue and functioned as a small, northern outpost of Fort Washington. The pike probably belonged to a Hessian soldier stationed at the outpost after its capture.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
31209
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