believed to have belonged to one of Tarleton's men.
From B. J. Lossing, Esq., of Poughkeepsie.
United States musket, found on the line of the retreat of the
Americans from the battle-ground at Hubbardton, Vermont. It has the
date of 1774 on the breech. From B. J. Lossing, Esq.
Collection of relics from all the battle-fields of the Revolution.
From B. J. Lossing, Esq.
Cocked hat, worn by Lemuel Lyon on board the tea-ship in Boston
harbor. The wearer was the writer of the first Journal in this volume.
From his relative, Mr. J. Colby, of New York city.
Surgical instruments of Dr. John Thomas, a regimental surgeon in the
Revolution. They were used in several of the principal battles of the
war. From his son, Mr. Thomas, of Poughkeepsie.
Original portrait of Dr. John Thomas.
Broken United States bayonet, found on the battle-ground of Guilford
Courthouse, North Carolina. By Mr. Charles Ney, of Amenia, Dutchess
county.
Bayonet of John Woodin, a continental soldier. The point of this
instrument was broken off in the wall of the fort at Stony Point, when
in the body of a British soldier. Presented by a relative.
A Spanish dollar, taken from the cavity of the hip-bone of a skeleton
dug up at Bemis's heights, Saratoga, in 1841. With it were five other
dollars and an English guinea, and also a fragment of leather,
supposed to be the remains of a purse or pocket-book. From Mrs. John
Wing, of Washington, Dutchess county.
English musket, taken in a skirmish from a foraging-party of the
British in Westchester county, in the Revolution, by Captain Abraham
Meriot, of Newcastle, Westchester county, commander of a party of
American militia. From Mr. John Townsend, of Poughkeepsie.
Tory musket, hidden during the whole period of the Revolution, in a
hollow tree, in Dover, Dutchess county, to prevent its being seized by
the committee-men and used against the king.
English musket, brought off from the battle-field of White Plains by
Colonel Abraham Humphrey, of Smallwood's brigade. Presented by the
late Colonel Humphrey Cornell, of Beekman, Dutchess county.
Fragments of human-bones from the battle-field of Red Bank. From B. J.
Lossing, Esq., of Poughkeepsie.
Piece of one of the palmetto-logs of old Fort Moultrie, in Charleston
harbor. From B. J. Lessing, Esq.
Horn of Lieutenant Charles Wallace, of the 1st Royal Highland
regiment, curiously engraved with the names and distances of all the
fortified posts from Que
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