Spear point in envelope
Classification:
Date:
1500-1700
Medium:
Flint
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 7/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 17.5 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Flint spear point; gray-brown; triangular.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. George C. McWhorter
Object Number:
1895.17
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this spear point was found on Oak Hill in Oswego, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1700
eMuseum Object ID:
6650
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hook
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 1 3/8 in. ( 17.8 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Iron hook; J-shaped.
Object Number:
INV.5608.120
Gallery Label:
This hook 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:
6602
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hollow bullet (2)
Classification:
Date:
1750-1783
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Brass object; hollow, rounded cone comprised of top and bottom halves that screw together.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas Muir
Object Number:
1911.32ab
Gallery Label:
This object was found in June, 1890 by Thomas Muir at the breastworks of Green Island, on the north end of Clay Island in Lake George, New York. According to its accession sheet, the object is a shell bullet used to carry messages during the Revolutionary War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
6407
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannon ball: 3 1/2 lbs.
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. John D. Sprague
Object Number:
1954.4
Gallery Label:
This cannonball was found in 1886 on Mount Tom, on Riverside Drive near 86th Street in Manhattan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
6405
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bar shot: 35 lbs.
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/2 x 6 in. ( 57.2 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Iron bar shot; two half-circles connected by rectangular bar.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edward H. Rogers
Object Number:
INV.5632
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this bar shot was found in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
6400
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannon ball: 9 lbs.
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 in. ( 9.5 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. James Dixon
Object Number:
1954.51
Gallery Label:
This cannonball was found at City Island, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
6398
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Artillery shell, Hotchkiss
Classification:
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Iron, lead
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 3 in. ( 17.8 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Iron artillery shell; conical with lead band aound body; stamped mark at bottom.
Object Number:
X.399
Marks:
stamped: bottom: "HOTCHKISS PATENT OCT. 9 1855/MAY 14 1861"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
6369
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bar shot, bent bar
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 36.8 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Iron bar shot; two half circles connected by bar.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution
Object Number:
1947.584a
Gallery Label:
This bar shot was found in a hut on Broadway and 179th Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
6141
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannonball
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 in. ( 11.1 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball; arrow stamped on ball.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Carolyn Bloomer
Object Number:
1948.56
Gallery Label:
This cannonball was found about 1890.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
6073
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Artillery shell
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 in. ( 14 cm )
Description:
Iron artillery shell; with hole.
Credit Line:
Gift of Reverend George W. Arms
Object Number:
1948.610
Gallery Label:
This shell was found in 1880 by Christopher Hobson in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
6017
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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