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Image Not Available for Knee-breech buckles (3) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Knee-breech buckles (3) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
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Related person (1918 - 1953)

Knee-breech buckles (3) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp

1760-1775
Iron
Largest: 1 × 5/8 × 1/8 in. (2.5 × 1.6 × 0.3 cm)
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
INV.5924.90-92
These buckles were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton, William L. Calver, and others prior to the formation of the Field Exploration Committee in 1918, at the British camp on the Dyckman farm, between Seaman and Payson Avenues and 204th and Academy Streets in Washington Heights. They were stored as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection in the Morris-Jumel Mansion, at 160th Street and Edgecomb Avenue in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
DescriptionIron knee-breech buckles excavated at the British military camp on the Dyckman farm in Washington Heights, Manhattan; rectangular frames with tongues.
ClassificationsARCHAEOLOGY
Image Not Available for Knee-breech buckles (3) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Knee-breech buckles (3) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1775
INV.5924.93-95
Image Not Available for Knee breech buckles (6) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Knee breech buckles (6) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1775
INV.5924.93-98
Image Not Available for Belt buckles (5) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Belt buckles (5) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1775
INV.5924.84-88
Image Not Available for Knee breech buckle excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Knee breech buckle excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1775
INV.5924.99
Image Not Available for Knee-breech buckle excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Knee-breech buckle excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1775
INV.5924.98
Image Not Available for Knee-breech buckle excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Knee-breech buckle excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1775
INV.5924.96
Image Not Available for Knee-breech buckle excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Knee-breech buckle excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1775
INV.5924.97
Image Not Available for Shoe buckles (3) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Shoe buckles (3) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1783
INV.5924.537-539
Image Not Available for Shoe buckles (2) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Shoe buckles (2) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1783
INV.5924.541-542
Image Not Available for Stock buckles (3) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Stock buckles (3) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1775
INV.5924.100-102
Image Not Available for Buckles (36) excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and camp
Buckles (36) excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and camp
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1783
INV.6318.97-132
Knee-breech buckles (4) excavated at Fort Washington
Knee-breech buckles (4) excavated at Fort Washington
Field Exploration Committee
1760-1783
INV.6200.5-8