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Pen Knife
Pen Knife
Pen Knife

Pen Knife

Owner
Period1760
MediumBone, steel blade
DimensionsBlade extended: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
MarkingsEngraved on blade, "1760." Engraved on upper handle, "M.F&S"
ClassificationsMilitary Artifacts
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Nicholas J. Wilson, Mr. Hendrick P. Conover, Mrs. Thomas E. English, and Mr. G. Howard Conover, 1931
Object number75-B
DescriptionA single blade pen knife with an ivory colored bone handle, carved with cross-hatched lines. The point of the blade has a stepped design. There are four iron nails securing the blade inside the handle.
NotesThis small pen knife was carried by Asher Holmes (1740 - 1808), Colonel of the First Regiment of the Monmouth County Militia and participant in the Battles of Germantown, 4 October 1777, and Monmouth, 28 June 1778. Following the War, Holmes was a Justice of the Peace and then High Sheriff of Monmouth County. Two other items belonging to Asher Holmes were donated at the same time: an epaulet and a spur (accession numbers 75A and 75C).
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