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Personal possessions from the H.M.S. Boscawen
life on board a mid eighteenth-century warship during the French and Indian War
ix, 230 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
1763, the Boscawen was taken out of military service and
along the lake. With the formal conclusion of the war in
Amherst's flotilla against French rivals on Lake Champlain.
during the French and Indian War, indicating the terms of
From 1759 to 1760, during the later stages of the French and
In addition to serving as a warship, the Boscawen was used to
Indian War, the H.M.S Boscawen sailed with General Jeffrey
interaction between British and Provincial forces, and
life, and artifact conservation. The excavation produced
moored at the King's Shipyard below Fort Ticonderoga.
of 1,345 items relating to the crew's clothing, diet, and
of the sloop Boscawen were carried out as a multidisciplinary
our knowledge of shipboard life on British Army warships
over 5,000 artifacts; the assemblage reported here consists
recreation. The study of these artifacts has contributed to
reflecting the relationship between the armies and navy.
Stripped of armament and rigging, she rotted and sank into
study of naval architecture, maritime history, shipboard
the mud. Between 1983 and 1985 the discovery and excavation
transport soldiers and supplies to British fortifications