Shovel
- Object Name:
- Shovel
- Object ID:
- 2013.500.018
- Date:
- 1777
- Description:
- Shovel used in digging entrenchments at Battle of Saratoga, 1777. Sheet iron blade wrapped around oak wedge, with four rivets. Oak handle with two riveted iron supports. Handle grip is missing. Old paper label adhered to face of blade, inscribed in ink: "This spade was used at [at is crossed out] / in digging the Battle entrenchments / at the Battle of Saratoga / and was picked up after Burgoyne's / defeat by an American soldier / named John P [John P is crossed out] Andrew Todd". Below this label are fragments of another label.
- Material:
- Iron
Wood - Dimensions:
- W-7.1 L-32.3 D-2.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Source unknown. Placed on long-term loan at the Franklin Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough, NH, in the 1950s. Returned 08/12/2015.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Todd, Andrew (1738-1808)
- Subjects:
- American Revolution, Battlements, Battlefields, Trench warfare, Entrenchment
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