Collection Highlights
"In relation to Foreign Nations." Draft of Federalist #64
Date:
ca. 1788
Object Number:
MSS.JohnJayPapers.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Shovel
Object Number:
INV.14888
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 29 x 6 3/4 in. ( 7.6 x 73.7 x 17.1 cm )
Description:
Shovel with trapezoidal head wrought from sheet iron affixed with four nails to the leaf shaped bracket end of a long wrought solid rod handle with a thin, twisted loop terminus.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
