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1. Ball, Pistol

   This is a lead musket ball which is predominantly spherical in shape. It contains numerous cracks where lead has come into contact with denser objects. The sprue appears to have been trimmed.

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2. Bullet, Minie

   There are seven lead conical-shaped bullets to be used with a muzzleloading gun. The bullets are mostly grey but appear to have developed a white, powdery patina. One bullet has a line going all the way around it at the base. The others appear to have had a similar line at some point, but they can barely be seen any longer. Two bullets appear to have had pieces cut off at their bases.

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3. Case, Gun - 1820 circa

   These are two flat wooden lids that fit onto compartments in the top left and bottom right of a wooden gunbox (5.1987). The lids have 4 sides each: 3 adjacent straight sides and one long curved side. Around the center of the lids is a small brass knob with a threaded bottom screwed into the lids.

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4. Container, Armament - 1860 circa

   This is a small cylindrical tin container with a press-on lid. The container has a dark patina throughout with the exception of the top and bottom sides and the seam along the side, where it still possesses a metallic sheen. The container is filled with birdshot. The container is believed to have once held percussion caps, as it was found in the same compartment as a mostly disintegrated circular paper label for "COX's / BEST STRONG / Anti-Corros...

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5. File, Triangular

   This is a small file that has three flat sides, and two pointed ends. The sides are smooth on the ends and the midsections of the sides contain the file's teeth.

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6. File, Triangular

   This is a small file with a wooden handle. The file has three sides. The top end comes to a point. The bottom end also comes to a point but is stuck into a small round, wooden handle that appears to have been handcarved. Most of the file is smooth, with the midsection containing the file's teeth.

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7. Flask, Powder

   This is a three-compartment powder flask meant specifically for a percussion cap gun. It has removable brass top and bottom pieces that are screwed into a darker-colored smooth oval-shaped cylindrical body. The top is held fast with 3 small flathead screws, and the top face has an approximately 1" tall tapered nozzle jutting upward from it that has a 3/8" diameter at its top and a 1/2" diameter at its base. Around the base of the nozzle is a kind...

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8. Gunflint

   These are 16 shaped flints which are made to be placed in the jaws of the firing mechanism of a flintlock gun. The flints have been shaped into small, thin rectangles, each side of which has been knapped to have a sharp edge. 13 of the flints are English Flints and are a dark grey color. 2 of the flints are French Amber Flints and are a much lighter grey. One flint is unworked and resembles a piece of quartz rock.

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9. Jag, Cleaning

   These are three cylindrical, brass jags used for cleaning the barrel of a muzzleloader gun. One is intended to be used primarily as a ramrod, and the other two are for cleaning. The ramrod tip is wider at the top than at the base, and the top face is a concave depression for pressing black powder, wadding, and ammunition down into the gun barrel. On the opposite end is a threaded hole to be screwed onto a rod. The first cleaning jag also has a th...

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10. Jar - 1860 circa

    This is a clear glass jar with a cork. The jar has a 12-sided body and a flared lip. The jar's specific purpose is unknown, but the inside is coated with a dark brown residue, and the cork is heavily soiled with a thick, dark brown substance. The jar contains no labeling or embossing of any kind.

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11. Key - 1920 circa

    This is an antique skeleton key made to be used with a gunbox (5.1987). The bow of the key is oval-shaped and within it there are inward dips at the top and bottom. The key is smooth from shaft to post. The key's bit is fairly thin and only contains a single key ward at the front that is slightly off-center. The key has a makeshift lanyard that is just a long, fairly thin cotton ribbon that has been passed through the bow and tied off on the end.

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12. Measure, Powder

    This is a short, somewhat narrow cylinder that is open at both ends used to measure black powder for muzzleloader guns. Within the cylinder it is closed off with a plate about 2/3 of the way through to measure 2 different sized grains of powder. Outside is smooth, and there does not appear to be any writing on or within it.

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13. Mold, Ammunition - 1820 circa

    This is a scissor-type musket ball mold. The handles curve inward slightly at the base. On one side of one handle a "20" is engraved to indicate the gauge of the ball the mold produces. A single rivet that's 1/4" in diameter holds the two pieces together. Just underneath the rivet on the handle side are a pair of nippers for trimming the sprue of a ball, left by a hole in the mold seam. The mold halves are barrel-shaped on the exterior and spheri...

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14. Paper

    This is a small, fragile slip of paper that is rolled up. The paper is severely discolored and contains a number of cracks and areas of loss. It is too brittle to unroll.

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15. Patch, Gun Cleaning

    These are four scrap pieces of cloth of various fabrics possibly used as gun cleaning patches. The largest pieces is a cotton fabric, possibly linen, that is off-white in color. Another piece is dark brown in color and resembles a piece of a terry cloth wash rag. Another piece, which appears to be felt in very poor condition, is wadded into a ball, and feels too brittle to unfold. The last piece also appears to be a cotton fabric but is a noticea...

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16. Pistol, Flintlock - 1820 circa

    This is a cased double barreled flintlock pistols w/ checkered grip. It has light engraving on side plate. The neck on the hammer is broken. There is a squared trigger guard marked, "J.S.G". Made by Westley Richards.

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17. Puller, Bullet

    The two bullet pullers have smooth spheres with holes going through them on the side, and small rods, with various threadings, are attached to the tops and bottoms. They are identical except one is slightly shorter than the other. On one end is an approximately 1/4" nipple that is completely threaded and has a blunt tip. On the opposite end of the ball is an approximately 1 1/4" rod that threaded at the pointed tip and the base nearest the ball a...

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18. Ramrod

    This is a cylindrical wooden rod topped with a brass cap that has a threaded screw protruding from it. The butt of the wooden handle is rounded. The screw-like mechanism has two threaded areas: the top has a wider threading and a pointed tip, and the base closest to the brass cap has a thinner threading for screwing ramrod tips and cleaning jags onto it.

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19. Wad, Gun

    This is a long, thin, crumpled piece of off-white fabric, possibly linen, that could have been used as wadding for a muzzleloading gun. The fabric is badly stained with a dark-brown substance in various spots. It is torn and fraying throughout.

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20. Wire, Priming

    This is a pick shaped like a very tiny ladle. One end is pointed to clean the vent of a flintlock gun. The opposite end is attached to a somewhat cup-shaped hunk of metal which has a small, straight slit part of the way through on the side where it is attached to the pick.

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