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Field Exploration Committee
1918 - 1953
Pike blade excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and camp
1760-1783
Iron
Overall: 11 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 29.8 x 3.8 cm )
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
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This pike blade 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 in the Jumel Mansion, at 160th Street and Edgecomb Avenue.
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DescriptionComplete iron pike blade excavated at the British and Hessian camp on Laurel Hill at Fort George, along Audubon and Eleventh Avenues and between 190th and 194th Streets in Washington Heights, Manhattan.Field Exploration Committee
1760-1783
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