Tools from the French and Indian War sloop Boscawen /

British and French sites.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grant, David Mitchell, 1965-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:British and French sites.
carpenter's and shipwright's tools commonly associated
Champlain Maritime Society. Archaeological excavation of
crew of the Boscawen may have used some of the tools but
discovered in 1983 during a survey sponsored by the
diverse segment of the total artifact assemblage. Few
drive the French from Lake Champlain near the end of the
fleet in 1759 and took part in amphibious operations the
fortification, siegework, and fatigue duties. Both the
French and British armies used large numbers of these
French and Indian War. She helped to defeat the French
most were probably some form of cargo, either usable
moving men and matdriel for the British Army. The
near Fort Ticonderoga. The remains of the Boscawen were
next year against the French fort of lieaux-Noix at the
north end of Lake Champlain. Part of her duties included
number of artifacts. Tools represented a small but
rigging, she sank at her moorings in the King's Shipyard
The 115-ton sloop Boscaweit was built by the British to
the end of hostilities and, stripped of her armament and
the hull in 1984 and 1985 revealed a surprisingly large
tools for the British Army or scrap iron collected at
tools from the Boscaweii are comparable to the ship's
types of tools along the shores of Lake Champlain. The
usefulness of the land-locked warship declined rapidly at
which were commonly used by eighteenth-century armies for
with shipwrecks. Instead, the tools represent types
Item Description:"Major subject: Anthropology".
Vita.
Physical Description:x, 163 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: pages 149-158.