George Washington's Camp Stool
name: label: user
content: Washington, George
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Folding camp stool with wooden frame and leather seat.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: George Washington's camp stool used during the Revolutionary War.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: When Washington encamped with his army, the troops carred tents, a collapsible bed, folding tables, camp stools, and bags and trunks filled with equipment. Two sets of camp chests were purchased by Washington on 3 May 1776. Another set was captured from a British ship and sent to Washington in October 1778. By 1782, Washington's camp equipment was so extensive that he requested from Quartermaster Timothy Pickering two horses just to carry the load.
place: label: used
content: United States
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
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.79371M
label: catalog number
content: 79371M
label: accession number
content: 319870
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Stool
label: Other Terms
content: Stool; Equipment, Individual
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 26 in x 15 in; 43.18 cm x 66.04 cm x 38.1 cm