George McClellan's Drafting Kit
date: label: associated date
content: 1853 - 1854
name: label: user
content: McClellan, George B.
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Red leather case lined with purple velvet, now faded to tan and yellow. Ten instruments.
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content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This was George McClellan's West Point drafting kit, which he used during his military career.
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content: General History
label: Description
content: At West Point, each cadet was issued a drafting kit as standard equipment.
topic: label: Subject
content: Education
label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hon. George B. McClellan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.17466
label: catalog number
content: 17466
label: accession number
content: 61384
objectType: label: Object Name
content: instruments, drafting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 7 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 19.685 cm x 9.525 cm