Groundstone Axe, three-quarter groove
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1862
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Institute
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is recorded as coming from W. Easby, via the National Institute collection. This is presumably Captain William Easby (1791 - 1854), shipbuilder and early Washington, DC entrepreneur. In 1841 he was elected a Member of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science. He was also elected its Treasurer and was appointed its delegate to the World's Fair. See: Smith, Wilhelmine M. Easby, and Association Of The Oldest Inhabitants Of The District Of Columbia. Personal recollections of early Washington and a sketch of the life of Captain William Easby. A paper read before the Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, June 4. [Washington, Beresford, pr, 1913] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/14020031/. Mrs. Smith notes on p. 11: "My father fitted up a little steamboat for pleasure trips on the canal, and my brother John, afterwards Chief of the Bureau of Construction in the United States Navy, was put in command of the Gallant, as she was christened. Many were the picnic excursions to the Great Falls that we enjoyed."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Nov 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Montgomery County (not certain) / Fairfax County (not certain), District Of Columbia (not certain) / Virginia (not certain) / Maryland (not certain), United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Prehistoric
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000081
label: USNM Number
content: A2356-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Axe