Cannonball
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Object Number:
1932.115
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
821
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannonball
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 in. ( 8.9 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Credit Line:
Gift of C.K. Johnson
Object Number:
1934.132b
Gallery Label:
This cannonball was found in Dutchess County, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
819
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannonball
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 in. ( 7.9 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Credit Line:
Gift of C.K. Johnson
Object Number:
1934.132a
Gallery Label:
This cannonball was found in Dutchess County, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
810
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portable ink well w/knife to cut quill pen in envelope
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1770-1820
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 1 in. ( 12.1 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Brass inkwell with knife; cone-shaped.
Credit Line:
Gift of Maurice Blumenthal
Object Number:
1921.27
Gallery Label:
This inkwell was found in 1921 during a subway excavation at Broad and Front Streets in lower Manhattan. It was probably part of garbage used to fill the area sometime between 1770 and 1820.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
643
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Iron object
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 6 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Iron object; square socket with two holes at opposite ends.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Object Number:
INV.6109.1
Gallery Label:
This object was found by Reginald P. Bolton and others on 173rd Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
547
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Glass fragment
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 4.4 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Glass body; colorless, curved.
Object Number:
INV.6100.422
Gallery Label:
This fragment was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from a refuse deposit near military barracks that extended along Bennett Avenue between 181st and 182nd Streets. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the barracks were occupied by the British and Hessian garrisons of the fort until evacuation in 1783.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
543
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butt stock of musket
Classification:
Date:
1760-1776
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 33.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Wood butt stock of musket.
Credit Line:
Gift of William P. Lyon, 1862
Object Number:
1862.10
Gallery Label:
This musket stock was found in White Plains, New York, near the site of a Revolutionary War battlefield. The battle was fought on October 28, 1776, and resulted in a victory for British forces under General Howe against retreating Continental forces under General Washington. The musket probably belonged to a soldier who fought in the battle.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1776
eMuseum Object ID:
455
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannon ball from Spanish Man-o-War Troccha
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1775-1800
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 in. ( 5.1 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Mary E. Thompson
Object Number:
1950.53
Gallery Label:
This cannonball was found in the wreckage of the Trocha, a Spanish man-o-war sunk in 1800 in the harbor of Havana, Cuba by the British fleet.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
444
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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