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FANTASTIC NATHAN WHITING 1756 MAP POWDER HORN

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD
FANTASTIC NATHAN WHITING 1756 MAP POWDER HORN
Etching consists of following; A. Col. Nathan Whiting home made AD 1756. B. Map of river from Albany to Fort Wm Henry (etched name) with two drawings of fort on Lake George. Under the river (Hudson) is etched "Still Waters & Full Moon" C. Etched "A Plan of Nations from Albany to Lake George" There are numerous decorative etchings along with a poem that is partially visible to include : Red bows and weighty, Twice her would ... Limbs decline... But now gunpowder from .. would.. and heroes not by limb but souls The French & Indian wars were fought from 1754-1763 by the British with American militia fighting the French who were supported by Algonquin, Lenape, Wyandotte, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Shawnee, and the Mi'kmaq tribes. Nathan Whiting (May 4, 1724 - April 9, 1771) was a soldier and merchant in the French and Indian War. Whiting was born on May 4, 1724 in Windham, Connecticut as the son of Samuel Whiting and Elizabeth Adams. He graduated from Yale University in 1743 and was commissioned as an Ensign and participated in King George's War during the Siege of Louisbourg in 1745. After his service in the war, he became a merchant in New Haven, Connecticut. He was appointed as Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd Connecticut Militia Regiment and participated in the Battle of Lake George on September 8, 1755. Whiting's regiment and the Massachusetts regiment were marching towards Lake George and Fort Edward when their column was ambushed by an army of French and Indian allies. Whiting led the survivors back to Sir William Johnson's camp at Lake George. There, the Colonial army held off the French attacks until men from the New Hampshire Provincial Regiment attacked the rear of the French army. In 1756, Whiting was promoted to full Colonel in the Connecticut Militia, and in 1757, his regiment guarded the frontier in New Hampshire on the Connecticut River. After the war ended in 1763, he served in the Connecticut General Assembly until his death on April 9, 1771. wiki Horn is in excellent condition with one small chip and a few areas of fading with small square nails and wood topper and spout measuring about 10" ANTIQUE