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gunpowder

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\MATERIALS FACET\Materials\materials\materials by function\explosive and incendiary materials\explosive\

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Claim by John Drew for expenses incurred while pursuing runaway Negroes, 1842

 Item — Folder 44: [Barcode: 61.44]
Identifier: 4026.1584.73
Description

Claim by John Drew for $351.80 for expenses incurred as captain of a company authorized to pursue certain runaway Negroes. Claim was approved by committee and council December 22, 1842. Folder 44

Dates: 1842

Forty one bullets and possibly black powder remnants, late 19th-early 20th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.76a-oo
Description

Possibly black powder remnants; forty-one bullets, inscribed "W.R.A. Co." and ".44 Colt" on all.



Inscription(s)

Inscribed on each bullett, "W.R..CO." and "44 COLT"

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

Invoice of Magnum Arms Co. , May 12, 1860

 Item — Folder 256: [Barcode: 61.256]
Identifier: 4026.1789.17
Description

Invoice total was $92.90. Folder 256

Dates: May 12, 1860