Box, Cartridge
- Object Name:
- Box, Cartridge
- Object ID:
- 1968.505.04
- Date:
- 1776
- Description:
- Cartridge Box. Leather, wood and tin combination. Implement pouch on inside. Wooden block with 26 bored holes in three rows. Fold-out flap on front covers square hole in lower case which is made of tin. Large, shaped flap cover secured by hand-made knot(leather). Belt straps on back fastened by large iron buckles. Small paper tag in implement pouch has handwritten note; "Cartridge / Carried by / French / 1776." Below in stamped ink letters is "EXHIBITED / BY / DR. E.E. GRAVES."
- Material:
- Leather
Wood
Metal
Tin - Dimensions:
- H-5.5 W-9.5 D-3 inches
- Provenance:
- Original tag found in implement pouch states item was exhibited by Dr. E. E. Graves of Boscawen, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Graves, Eli E. (1847-1919)
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