Flint
- Object Name:
- Flint
- Object ID:
- 1996.028.59
- Date:
- 1774
- Description:
- Flints, musket. Six pieces of brown flint. In box with musket balls (1996.028.58). Were originally kept in reticule 1996.028.57.
- Material:
- Stone
Flint - Provenance:
- In box with musket balls that were taken from Fort William and Mary, New Castle, NH, 1774, by Major John Demeritt (1728-1826). Descended to Major John Demeritt III (1856-1934), who gave three balls to NHHS in 1889 (see 1889.003). Jennie Demeritt gave the box to Winifred L. Goss in 1930. From the Demeritt / Goss House in Madbury, NH, containing items from the Demeritt, Goss, and Woodworth families.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Lane W. Goss and Georgia Goss Drew
- People:
- Demeritt, John (1728-1826)
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