Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Marble excavated at West Point
Object Number:
INV.5925.358
Date:
1790-1820
Medium:
Clay
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 in. ( 1.3 cm )
Description:
Clay marble excavated at West Point.
Gallery Label:
This marble was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse dump near the nineteenth-century barracks at West Point, a series of forts and barracks in Orange County, New York built by the Continental Army in 1777.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
