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Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bottle fragments (3)
Object Number:
INV.5802.18-20
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
largest: 5/8 x 3 in. ( 1.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Two flat-sided, colorless body fragments; one base.
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, these fragments were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others at a Revolutionary War site in Washington Heights, Manhattan. The label did not identify the site.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
