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200@200 : February - Contention for the Confluence
- Bead, Trade
- INV 3733
- Trade Beads
- String of turquoise blue glass trade beads and round shell disc beads... View Full Record
- Bead
- AIA 79.7
- LaBalme Massacre
- Green glass bead, 1" dia with 1/4 " bore.
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- Musket
- HAR 171
- Harmar Musket
- Flintlock musket with bayonet. Barrel 44-3/4". "US" mark on butt.
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- Book, Record
- 88.19
- Lieutenant Ebenezer Massey Orderly Book
- Fort Wayne Orderly Book kept by Lieutenant Ebenezer Massey from October 25, 1794-May 24, 1795; one book, 144 pages. The book is square with a maroon binding and multicolor pattern on cover, filled with handwritten script in ink; binding still intact.... View Full Record
- Wampum
- AIGR 82
- Chief Little Turtle Wampum
- String of cylindrical wampum (shell) beads (each approx. 3/16 x 1/8 in.), white and lavendar to purple. Separated by small, white, round, glass beads.
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- Sword
- AIGR 1
- George Washington Sword
- Iron blade, badly corroded; wood grip with indentations from cord; brass pommel & guard, pear shaped, top knob, guard heart shaped, all plain, as is brass guard which extends to pommel.
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- Trunk
- HF 86
- Captain Williams Wells Letter Box
- Small hide covered trunk, some hair still present (probably horsehide or cowhide), rounded hinged lid with lock, metal riveted straps wrap trunk; inside lined with blue deigned paper. Used for storing important papers.... View Full Record
- Sword
- HAR 77.1 A, B
- Lieutenant Philip Ostrander Sword
- Two pieces of a sword blade: A) upper part of blade, slightly curved, apporx. 21 /12" long; B) lower portion of blade, apporx. 12 5/8" long; both pieces are badly corroded.... View Full Record
- Collection
- 2016.0.1
- Allen Hamilton and Taber Hamilton Collection
- Collection of ledgers, books and letters from Allen Hamilton and Taber Hamilton's business dealings. Includes Executor's Account of the Richardville and Godfroy Estates.... View Full Record
- Letter
- 2016.0.2
- William G. Ewing Debt Letter
- Letter listing debts claimed by William G. Ewing from the Miami Nation.... View Full Record
- Watch, Pocket
- HJ 94
- Godfroy Pocket Watch
- 18K gold pocket watch, 2" dia. plus gold ring at top. Floral design around edge of face and under crystal, Roman numerals on face. Engraved with eagle grasping serpent in it's talons. Initials on the outside back case are "JRG" for James Richardvill... View Full Record
- Rifle
- 74.54
- Chief Mihsiinkweemisa Flintlock Rifle
- Flintlock Rifle; Full stocked in curly maple with silver inlay; brass patch box; percussion ignition; octagonal barrel; .39 caliber; inscribed "J.W. Spielman, 1866" (gunsmith), and "Meshingonesia" (owner).
Meshingonesia, 1781-1879, is the eldest... View Full Record
- Purse
- AIN 29
- Kiilhsoohkwa Purse
- Beaded on black velvet; heavily beaded in crystal, white, blue, red, green beads. Beaded handle, same beading.
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- Ambrotype
- HP 494(DUP)
- Old Fort Ambrotype
- Ambrotype of the old blockhouse, an exact duplicate of the water color picture of the "last blockhouse of the Old Fort torn down in 1852" except that it is reversed. Also shown in Griswold's history p. 143.
Penciled in back of ambrotype case: "Sund... View Full Record