Regimental Uniform Coat of Colonel Peter Gansevoort Jr.
date: label: date made
content: ca 1776
label: associated date
content: 1777
name: label: user
content: Gansevoort, Peter
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Superfine blue wool, lined with linen and faced with red trim. It has silver civilian patterned buttons backed with bone and a silver lace on the buttonholes.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: Continental army uniform coat worn by Colonel Peter Gansevoort Jr. of the 3rd Regiment of the New York Continental Line. He wore this coat during his command of Fort Stanwix, New York, in 1777.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: During the first few years of the war substantial stocks of uniforms were made in such centers as Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Charleston. These uniforms were made with locally woven cloth or from cloth imported from France.
label: Location
content: Currently on loan
place: label: used
content: United States: New York
topic: label: related event
content: American Revolution
label: related event
content: Revolution and the New Nation
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Abraham Lansing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.12806
label: catalog number
content: 12806
label: accession number
content: 53757
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coat
label: Other Terms
content: coat; Man; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 in x 24 in; 101.6 cm x 60.96 cm