Bottle

Classification: 
Date: 
1770-1785
Medium: 
Glass
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 x 3 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 8.9 cm )
Description: 
Olive green, non-lead, blown glass bottle; bottle blown in a dip mold and has a cylindrical neck with applied string rim, rounded shoulders, and a cylindrical body with a push-up and a pontil mark.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dorothy Barck
Object Number: 
1954.174
Marks: 
written: on paper label; "1775-1783/ Revolutionary War/ RUM BOTTLE/ fould in Hessian Hut 54/ Camp of 17th British Regt. Foot/ Prescott Ave near 204th St./ April 15, 1917"
Gallery Label: 
According to the accession records, this bottle was found on April 15, 1917 in Hessian Hut #54 in the British camp of the 17th Regiment of Foot between Seaman and Payson (formerly Prescott) Ave., in Inwood, New York City. The donor was the daughter of Oscar T. Barck, a member of the NYHS Field Exploration Committee.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1785
eMuseum Object ID: 
23273
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bottle

Classification: 
Date: 
1770-1785
Medium: 
Glass
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 x 3 1/2 in. ( 27.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description: 
Olive green, non-lead, blown glass bottle; bottle blown in a dip mold and has a cylindrical neck with an applied string rim, rounded shoulders, and a cylindrical body with a push-up and a pontil mark.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dorothy Barck
Object Number: 
1954.173
Gallery Label: 
According to the accession records, this bottle was recovered by the father of the donor, Oscar T. Barck of the N-YHS Field Exploration Committee, at a Revolutionary War campsite.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1785
eMuseum Object ID: 
23271
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Rum bottle

Classification: 
Date: 
1770-1785
Medium: 
Glass
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 27.3 x 8.9 cm )
Description: 
Olive green, non-lead, blown glass bottle; bottle blown in a dip mold and has a cylindrical neck with an appleied string rim, rounded shoulders, and a cylindrical body with a push-up and a pontil mark; bottle has been restored.
Credit Line: 
Recovered by the NYHS Field Exploration Committee
Object Number: 
1922.144
Marks: 
written: on tag on bottm; "Fort/ Washington/ 1922"
Gallery Label: 
According to the accession records, this bottle was found by the NYHS Field Exploration Committee in 1922 in Revolutionary War debris at Fort Washington, 183rd St., near Pinehurst Ave.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1785
eMuseum Object ID: 
23268
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Drinking glass fragment

Classification: 
Date: 
1760-1783
Medium: 
Glass
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 5.4 x 4.8 cm )
Description: 
Colorless glass body fragment with painted crosshatching.
Object Number: 
INV.5807.1
Gallery Label: 
According to a label, this fragment was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others at the Colonial Lewis Morris house in the Bronx, New York.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1783
eMuseum Object ID: 
23059
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bayonet

Classification: 
Date: 
1760-1783
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 23 x 1 1/8 in. ( 58.4 x 2.9 cm ) Part (blade): 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
Description: 
Iron bayonet; angular.
Object Number: 
INV.5608.19
Gallery Label: 
This bayonet was 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.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1783
eMuseum Object ID: 
23014
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bayonet

Classification: 
Date: 
1760-1783
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 16 x 1 1/4 in. ( 40.6 x 3.2 cm ) Part (blade): 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
Description: 
Iron bayonet; angular; point broken off.
Object Number: 
INV.5608.15
Gallery Label: 
This bayonet was 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.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1783
eMuseum Object ID: 
22939
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Grapeshot (5) excavated at Fort Ticonderoga

Classification: 
Date: 
1750-1783
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
largest: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description: 
Iron grapeshot excavated at Fort Ticonderoga.
Object Number: 
INV.5778.19-23
Gallery Label: 
This grapeshot was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at Fort Ticonderoga, at Lake Champlain in New York. Built by the French 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.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1783
eMuseum Object ID: 
22643
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bayonet

Classification: 
Date: 
1760-1783
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 16 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. ( 41.9 x 2.9 cm ) Part (blade): 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
Description: 
Iron bayonet; angular; point broken off.
Object Number: 
INV.5608.14
Gallery Label: 
This bayonet was 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.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1783
eMuseum Object ID: 
22583
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bayonet

Classification: 
Date: 
1760-1783
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 20 x 1 in. ( 50.8 x 2.5 cm )
Description: 
Iron bayonet; angular.
Object Number: 
INV.5608.13
Gallery Label: 
This bayonet was 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.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1783
eMuseum Object ID: 
22582
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Spontoon blade

Classification: 
Date: 
1760-1783
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 18 x 3 1/2 in. ( 45.7 x 8.9 cm )
Description: 
Iron spontoon blade; rounded leaf shape with thin, cylindrical handle.
Object Number: 
INV.5608.16
Gallery Label: 
This blade was 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.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1783
eMuseum Object ID: 
22544
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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