Box, Ammunition
- Object Name:
- Box, Ammunition
- Object ID:
- 1991.107.02
- Creator:
- Massachusetts Powder Works -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1850-1900
- Description:
- Gunpowder can. Massachusetts Powder Works, Boston, MA. Tin container, painted red, containing lead shot. Narrow rectangular can, elliptical in cross-section. Printed paper label on front: "TRIPLE REFINED / DEAD SHOT / GUNPOWDER / MASS. POWDER WORKS / A. G. FAY, POTTER & TOLMAN / Office 233 State St. / BOSTON.", with eagle and American flag at top, and hunting scene in center. With wooden stopper (original screw cap missing). Probably used by Solon and or J. Kimball in Milford, NH.
- Material:
- Metal
Tin - Dimensions:
- H-6 W-4 D-1.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Family tradition states that a Hessian musket was brought home from the Battle of Bennington by Peter Kimball and was later used by his grandson, Solon Kimball (d. 1887), and great-grandson, Joseph Hoyt Kimball, for hunting.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Rodney C. Woodman, Jr.
- People:
- Kimball, Peter (1739-1811)
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