Horn, Powder
- Object Name:
- Horn, Powder
- Object ID:
- 1965.532.13
- Creator:
- Rogers, Elijah
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Litchfield, NH
- Date:
- 1763
- Description:
- Powder horn. Pale greenish, thin-looking horn, wide end plugged with flat wooden disc nailed in. Incised initials "E L R". Tip end shaped for missing plug. Smooth flat surface inscribed, "ELIJAH ROGERS HIS HORN / MADE BY HIM AT LITCHFIELDE DEC 1763 / PROVINCIAL SURVEYOR TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING". Beneath this: "CROWN WILDERNESS LANDS NOT APPROPREATED [sic]" and a map intended to show the new N.H. townships between the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers. Named towns include Northfield and Deerfield, MA, Ashwelot, Hollis, Suncook, Chester, Pennycook, and Londonderry. Across top of map (the Wares): "A FRONTIER DOUBLE LINE OF TOWNSHIPS / AS A BARRIER AGAINST THE / INDIANS".
- Material:
- Skeletal
Horn
Wood
Pine - Dimensions:
- H-4 W-5 L-14 Dia-2.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Rogers, Elijah
- Subjects:
- Connecticut River, Maps, Powder horns, Surveyors, Merrimack River
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