These objects were excavated in 1923 by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse dump near the Revolutionary War barracks at West Point, a series of forts and barracks built in Orange County, New York by the Continental Army. American soldiers cut the molds from the bones of domestic animals, and shaped buttons in the molds using the cutting tool. The buttons were covered with cloth, and worn on areas of the uniform where regulation military buttons were not required.

These gunflints were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, in Washington Heights. They were housed for many years as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection of Revolutionary War Relics in the Jumel Mansion, on 160th Street and Edgecomb Ave.

These lead strips were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, in Washington Heights. They were housed for many years as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection of Revolutionary War Relics ( case 1, No. 174) in the Jumel Mansion, on 160th Street and Edgecomb Ave. They were possibly sewn into uniforms to repair them.

This shot 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 (case 3, No. 237, case 1, No. 195) in the Jumel Mansion, on 160th Street and Edgecomb Ave.

These tongs were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from the floors of twenty huts that were built onto the side of a hill that once stood on the east side of Broadway at Arden Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the camp was occupied by British and Hessian troops until evacuation in 1783.

These pike ends were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, in Washington Heights. They were housed for many years as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection of Revolutionary War Relics (Case 1, No. 168-169, Case 3, No. 237) in the Jumel Mansion, on 160th Street and Edgecomb Ave. The Hessian Erb-Prinz Regiment camped at Fort George from at least August, 1778 until 1781; they were captured at Yorktown in 1781.

This stirrup 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 (Case 1, No. 143) in the Jumel Mansion, on 160th Street and Edgecomb Ave.

This hook was excavated in 1912 by Reginald P. Bolton and William L. Calver from the remains of a British camp at what is now Arden St. in Washington Heights, Manhattan.

This scabbard point 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 (case 3, No. 224) in the Jumel Mansion, on 160th Street and Edgecomb Ave. The scabbard point probably belonged to a British or Hessian officer.

This fragment was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, in Washington Heights. They were housed for many years as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection of Revolutionary War Relics (case 3, No. 227) in the Jumel Mansion, on 160th Street and Edgecomb Ave. The fragment was possibly molded to repair a broken tobacco pipe stem.