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Letter to Gertrude Porter Ashley
May 6, 1918
L01.043
This letter, dated May 6, 1918, from Tom Ashley (1894-1918) to his mother in Deerfield, Massachusetts, tells her about his life in France as a Marine in World War I. |
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"What befell Stephen Williams in his captivity"
c. 1706
L01.114
Stephen Williams wrote this account of his eighteen month captivity among the Abenaki and the French shortly after returning to New England in the spring of 1706. |
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Hunting and Skinning Knives manufactured by J. Russell & Company Green River Works
c. 1860
M.63
In 1840, with the advent of the pioneer migration westward, John Russell began the manufacture of hunting and skinning knives along the banks of the Green River in Deerfield, (later annexed to Greenfield), Massachusetts. |
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Pages from "Those Green River Knives"
c. 1975
L06.025
A history of the Russell Cutlery, its owners, its growth and its products is described fully in this booklet called "Those Green River Knives". |
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Flintlock long fowler
1765-1780
1971.01.02
Many militia during the American Revolution (1775-1783) carried a fowler, a light sporting gun used for hunting small game such as birds and rabbits. |
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Atlatl or spear throwing weight
1985.0224
Stone weights were attached at a midway point to atlatls to increase the velocity of spears. |
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Projectile point
1985.0398
Native Americans fashioned chert and flint into a variety of tools and points. |
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Bullet pouch
1775-1800
1875.19.07.01
Often pouches like this one were taken to war by militia and by riflemen rather than the cartridge boxes that were more familiar by the time of the American Revolution. |
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Brown Bess flintlock musket
1768
1882.81
The Brown Bess musket was the standard issue weapon for English troops during the American Revolution. |
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Bifacial blade with modern haft
1985.0116
A bifacial blade is a stone tool used to butcher and skin animals. |