A BROWN BESS BAYONET DUG UP AT TICONDEROGA NY

A BROWN BESS BAYONET DUG UP AT TICONDEROGA NY

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This bayonet for the Brown Bess Land musket dates after 1750 and prior to 1783. It was found over 100 years ago, in 1910, outside the town limits of Ticonderoga NY. It is impossible to say if it was a relic of the French and Indian War or the American Revolution. But this compiler tends toward the Revolution. The reason being that in 1769 the Board of Ordnance mandated that the blades be made narrower and maker marked. On this specimen the blade is narrower at the shank junction than typically seen in earlier examples (1 1/8 inch) and appears to have a maker's cartouche at the base of the blade. The bayonet conforms in every way to the "Sealed Pattern" of 1769 with a 17-inch blade and an overall length of 22 inches. For a dug relic the condition is exceptional but for a tiny 1/8-inch loss on the socket's collar and minor chipping on the blade. I actually placed it on a Pattern 1745 Pattern Brown Bess and it fits snuggly. An old handwritten tag, perhaps 50 years, old reads in part: "Revolutionary War "Brown Bess" bayonet dug up at Ticonderoga in 1910.". Remarkable condition considering!  [pe][ph:L]

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