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The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center
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CHP_1988_SG10Cx119F5004_MilitaryButton

Archaeological Details

Clothing related

Excavation Site

City Hall Park

Manhattan, City Hall Park, South of Chambers Street and East of Broadway between City Hall and Tweed Court House

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Part of Project

    • City Hall, New York, NY (1991)

      Testing, monitoring, and excavations uncovered historic burials, thousands of disarticulated human remains, a privy, a cold storage shed and other finds. The burials are either from the almshouse (most likely), African Burial Ground, or Revolutionary War prisoners. The artifacts and ...

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    • buried history

Part of Context

    • 349-10-5004

      18th century

      Brick and plaster remains of a collapsed wall, fill and debris associated with an 18th century structure

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Related Objects

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CHP_1988_SG10Cx119F5004_ButtonBlank
Bone Button-Making Waste

(18th Century)

CHP_1988_SG10Cx119F5004_Brick
brick
CHP_1988_SG10Cx119F5004_Glazed_Brick
brick
CHP_1988_SG10Cx119F5004_MilitaryButton
button
CHP_1988_SG10Cx119F5004_PieCrustRim
Coggled Rim Slipware

(18th Century)

CHP_1988_SG10Cx119F5004_Single_Brick
glazed brick
CHP_1988_SG10Cx119F5004_MetalHinge_A
hinge
CHP_1988_SG10Cx119F5004_IronNailTwisted
iron nail
CHP_1988_SG10Cx119F5004_LeadWeight
Lead Weight
CHP_1988_SG10Cx119F5004_MetalPins
pins
CHP_1988_SG10Cx119F5004_IntPlaster
plaster
CHP_1988_SG10Cx119F5004_Rubble_Fill
rubble fill
CHP_1988_SG10Cx119F5004_Nottingham
Unidentified Salt-Glazed Stoneware
Blue painted stoneware fragment
bottle
brick and mortar
brick and mortar
brick and mortar
brick and mortar
Building Stone
Clam Shell