Grade Range: K-12Resource Type(s): Primary Source, ArtifactsDate Posted: 12/30/2009
This powder horn is inscribed "Robart Holmes, Ft. Edward 1758," and was used during the French and Indian War.
Museum education
American flintlock musket, .69 caliber, with "TOWNE OF BOSTON" branded into the stock.
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History, colonial, Powder Horn, War, Horn, 18th century, Century, military history, Indian, French, equipment, Colonial, Equipment, War, French and Indian War, Military, Military, military, Powder, war
In 1756 New York state was still a British colony and the French and Indians were still a threat ...
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