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Vial excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
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Related person Field Exploration Committee 1918 - 1953

Vial excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp

1760-1783
Glass
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
INV.5924.472a-e
This vial was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others before the formation of the Field Exploration Committee in 1918, at the British camp on the Dyckman farm, between Seaman and Payson Avenues, and at 204th Street in Washington Heights. It was stored with the Reginald Bolton Collection in the Jumel Mansion, at 160th Street and Edgecomb Avenue. The vial was owned by a soldier, by a member of a soldier's family or by another civilian living in the camp, or was obtained from local residents.
ClassificationsARCHAEOLOGY
DescriptionVial excavated at the British military camp on the Dyckman farm in Washington Heights, Manhattan; light green glass; flared lip with short, cylindrical neck; cylindrical body.
Object NameVial excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Image Not Available for Vial excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Vial excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1783
INV.5924.477a-e
Image Not Available for Fragment of vial excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Fragment of vial excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1783
INV.5924.470
Image Not Available for Fragment of vial or bottle excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Fragment of vial or bottle excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1783
INV.5924.471
Image Not Available for Fragment of vial excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Fragment of vial excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1783
INV.5924.468
Image Not Available for Glassware (2) excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and camp
Glassware (2) excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1783
INV.6318.353-354
Image Not Available for Fragment of flip excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Fragment of flip excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1783
INV.5924.478
Image Not Available for Fragment of flip excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Fragment of flip excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1783
INV.5924.479
Key excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Key excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1750-1783
INV.5924.2
Image Not Available for Bayonet excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Bayonet excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1783
INV.5924.551
Image Not Available for Ice creepers (3) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Ice creepers (3) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1775
INV.5924.48-50
Ice creepers (5) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Ice creepers (5) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1775
INV.5924.51-55
Image Not Available for Ice creepers (3) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Ice creepers (3) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1775
INV.5924.56-58
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