Items found when I renovated my 1790s - 1838 house. Enjoy!!

[MonkeyBoy]

I did a complete renovation on my house, oldest section being 1790s and the new section is 1838. I found a lot of cool, relics, papers and other period items if anyone is interested.

The first picture is a Civil War stencil I found when digging out part of the cellar. Theere was most of the brass from a haversack and some other odds and ends.. eagle buttons and a fee primer caps.

The second picture is the only large penny I found in the yard. I got some colonial coppers, but still need to shoot them

The third pictures is a 1786 2 Reale I found.

The forth picture is a letter and envelope i found together in the attic along with a nice ivory and gold pen.

The fifth and sixth pictures are 1830s era bank drafts. The owner of my house would lend money, through the bank of Baltimore to other people.. pretty interesting banknotes.

I have a tray of items found I need to organize and I will get that posted too.

I have all these items framed in shadow boxes so the pictures are a little rough with the glass..

Enjoy,
MonkeyBoy

 

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[Marchas45]

Great finds, I'm waiting for my new E-Trac to arrive so that I can check out my 1779 house that I live in. Can't wait

 

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[geologyjohn]

Monkeyboy, nice finds! Best find is the stencil. Have you looked into this soldiers history? Wanna know a little about him? He was Adam F. Eastman of Bartlett, N.H. Enlisted at age 18 on August 13, 1862. On Sept. 23, 1862 he mustered into Co. A of the 12th New Hampshire Volunteers, one soon-to-be hard-fought Army of the Potomoc regiment. He/they fought in some of the most famous battles of the war. On May 9, 1864 he was wounded in action at Swift Creek, Va (is that near your house?). On Nov 17, 1864 at Bermuda Hundred his was made POW. He was released February 24, 1865, shortly before the war ended. ...here's a couple of other tidbits about the 12th New Hampshire. At Chancellorsville they left nearly all of their officers and more than half the enlistedmen dead or wounded on the field. Two months later on the second day at Gettysburg (7-2-63) they went into the fight along the Emmitsburg Road with 224 officers and men and lost 26 killed and 73 wounded. Some property owners claim Geoge Washington slept in their house. I'd be proud to tell folks that Adam Eastman slept in my house! Keep on digging, Geologyjohn (1st post/43 yrs coin and relic hunting).

 

[allen]

those are some terrific finds !!!

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Monkeyboy, nice finds! Best find is the stencil. Have you looked into this soldiers history? Wanna know a little about him? He was Adam F. Eastman of Bartlett, N.H. Enlisted at age 18 on August 13, 1862. On Sept. 23, 1862 he mustered into Co. A of the 12th New Hampshire Volunteers, one soon-to-be hard-fought Army of the Potomoc regiment. He/they fought in some of the most famous battles of the war. On May 9, 1864 he was wounded in action at Swift Creek, Va (is that near your house?). On Nov 17, 1864 at Bermuda Hundred his was made POW. He was released February 24, 1865, shortly before the war ended. ...here's a couple of other tidbits about the 12th New Hampshire. At Chancellorsville they left nearly all of their officers and more than half the enlistedmen dead or wounded on the field. Two months later on the second day at Gettysburg (7-2-63) they went into the fight along the Emmitsburg Road with 224 officers and men and lost 26 killed and 73 wounded. Some property owners claim Geoge Washington slept in their house. I'd be proud to tell folks that Adam Eastman slept in my house! Keep on digging, Geologyjohn (1st post/43 yrs coin and relic hunting).

Thanks for the information.. I had everything except the part about him being a POW.. if I may..what source did you use? I need to go back and look at what I found but I think they marched through in Fed 1862.. assuming it was then I would guess they slept in any warm spot they could find!!


MB

 

[PA]

hi monkeyboyy,

nice stuff. keep it up.

henry

 

[Jack(IN)]

Interesting finds, alot of sweet finds and makes cleaning fun!

 

[geologyjohn]

Hi Monkeyboy. I do a lot of Civil War research. Google "American Civil War Research Database" and that wlll lead you to the website that I use. Unfortunately, like Ancestory dot com, it costs money to use their website. However, if you need any help researching a soldier or regiment, I'd be happy to help. Answer me this, did the 12th New Hampshire camp on your property? Take care, Geologyjohn (2,500 miles west of you).

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Hi Monkeyboy. I do a lot of Civil War research. Google "American Civil War Research Database" and that wlll lead you to the website that I use. Unfortunately, like Ancestory dot com, it costs money to use their website. However, if you need any help researching a soldier or regiment, I'd be happy to help. Answer me this, did the 12th New Hampshire camp on your property? Take care, Geologyjohn (2,500 miles west of you).

Ok.. that explains the additional information.. I googled the 12th NHV and went off the reg't webpage. I have no information that they camped here.. I'm actually in town, on a small lot but there were lots of camps around us... given the tiem of year I would venture to say they used the houses in town, barns.. sheds etc.. anyplace other then outside..

MB

 

[NUKE345KV]

very cool finds. i renovated a 1890's house and found nothing. I recently moved i was not into detecting intill a couple weeks ago wish i could search the yard. I t was one of the first houses in my town with electricity.

 

[DigginThePast]

Awesome finds, congrats. Nothing like finding items that specifically tie into your homes history.

 

[utah1066]

WOW never seen anything like that, way to go great display keep the photos coming

 

[HolyDiver]

Interesting finds.

 

[STH69]

Great to find history in your own house.