Horn, Powder
- Object Name:
- Horn, Powder
- Object ID:
- 1963.006
- Creator:
- Hale, John
- Place of Origin:
- Hopkinton, NH
- Date:
- circa 1775
- Description:
- Powder horn. Dark yellowish horn, darker at narrower end, two raised lighter rings for carrier, multi-sided tip, stopper missing. Wide end plugged with wood set in, two holes for carrying thong. Body covered with irregularly scratched lines. Inscribed in fine incised lines filled with black ink, "Capt. John Hale / of Hopkinton, N.H. / Stark's Regt. / Bunker Hill June 17, 1775 / Long Island 1776 / Saratoga 1777".
- Material:
- Skeletal
Horn
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-3 W-5.5 L-12.5 inches
- Provenance:
- The powder horn was owned and carried by John Hale (1742-1792), of Weare and Hopkinton, NH, who served as a Captain in the 1st New Hampshire Regiment and the 5th Continental Regiment during the American Revolution. After Hale's death, his widow, Olive (Blake) Hale (1751-1820), married Joseph Barnard (1737-1815), the grandfather of Joseph Barnard (1817-1899) of Hopkinton, who owned the powder horn in 1890. It next passed to his wife, Maria G. Barnard (1831-1918). The donor, Marion E. Fowler (1899-1986), was the great-great-granddaughter of Olive (Blake) Hale Barnard, the first wife of John Hale.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Marion E. Fowler
- Subjects:
- Powder horns, Revolutionary War
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