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illustrations Figures figure 1.1. Map of the Delaware Valley 3 figure 1.2. Pennsylvania Portions of the study Area showing Counties 16 figure 1.3. new Jersey Portions of the study Area showing Counties 17 figure 2.1. Charles Conrad Abbott 50 figure 2.2. Burlington island, new Jersey 51 figure 2.3. Glass Beads from the “Dutch fur-Trader’s House” Collection 58 figure 2.4. Tobacco Pipes from the “Dutch fur-Trader’s House” Collection 60 figure 2.5. 1876 Map of Burlington island 62 figure 2.6. 1893 UsGs Topographic Quadrangle 63 figure 2.7. December 29, 1937, Aerial Photograph of Burlington island 64 figure 2.8. 2009 Aerial Photograph of Burlington island 65 figure 3.1. The Marcus Hook Plank log House 76 figure 3.2. interior View of the Marcus Hook Plank House 80 figure 3.3. Excavation Unit of the Marcus Hook Plank House 83 figure 3.4. shovel Testing in the Median of Market street 88 figure 4.1. An Eighteenth-Century Glassworks Producing Cylinders for Windows 104 figure 4.2. fragments of Ceramic Pots and Blowpipes 106 figure 4.3. Glass shards from the Manufacture of Cylinder Glass 108 figure 4.4. Mid-Eighteenth-Century Map showing the Wistarburgh Glassworks and Other Associated structures 111 figure 4.5. Bottle finish fragments Recovered from the Wistarburgh site 113 figure 5.1. Crew Excavating the Original section of the Alexander schaeffer farm/ Distillery 128 figure 5.2. Exposed Eighteenth-Century Brick and Tile firebox Bases 133 figure 5.3. Excavation Grid showing the Basement Distilling Room and farmhouse Exterior 134 figure 5.4. Artifacts from a sheet Midden Deposit 135 figure 5.5. slip-Decorated and Plain Glazed Domestic Redware 138 figure 5.6. Original section of the Alexander schaeffer farmhouse 143 figure 6.1. south-facing façade of the stenton Main House 152 figure 6.2. stenton Archaeological site Plan 155 figure 7.1. 1756 Map of lower Delaware Bay showing shipwreck location 172 figure 7.2. frankfurter Ware 173 figure 7.3. Hand Painted Creamware 174 figure 7.4. Dutch Tobacco Pipes 175 figure 9.1. Two Privy features from the nCC site during Excavation 209 figure 9.2. China Glaze Wares from feature 193 213 figure 9.3. Children’s Cups from feature 91 219 figure 10.1. first Excavations Undertaken in 1953 228 figure 10.2. Conjectural Drawing of franklin’s Mansion by W. C. Campbell, Circa 1963 229 figure 10.3. The franklin Mansion “Ghost House” sculpture 230 figure 10.4. Mastodon Tooth Discovered in 1959 and Drawing of the now-Extinct Mammut americanum 236 figure 10.5 The independence Park Unit of franklin Court 240 figure 10.6. franklin Court field slide Taken in 1962 243 figure 11.1. Plan View showing the Almshouse Complex superimposed on a Modern Aerial Photograph of Philadelphia 251 figure 11.2. Base of a locally-Produced Redware Chamber, incised with the letters “CM” 262 figure 11.3. Base of a locally-Produced Redware Chamber Pot, incised with the letter “x” 263 figure 11.4. fragments of a scratch Blue stoneware Tea set 265 figure 11.5. A Wine Bottle Bearing the seal of John Pole 267 figure 12.1. Portrait of William Hamilton and Anne Hamilton lyle 275 figure 12.2. The Greenhouse Complex at the Elgin Botanic Gardens, new york, circa 1801 276 figure 12.3. Composite Map of the Historic Core of The Woodlands 279 figure 12.4. Brick and Mortar Cistern at The Woodlands 280 figure 12.5. Overall Photo of Unit Three showing Both Brick Drains, the Cistern, and the Partial foundation of the Greenhouse 284 figure 13.1. Point Breeze on the Delaware, Thomas Birch, 1818 298 figure 13.2. students excavating at Point Breeze 299 figure 13.3. Point Breeze 1823 301 figure 13.4. surface and subsurface features identified near the site of the first Mansion 308 figure 13.5. french Earthenware Plate with a fine Transfer Print 312 figure 13.6. fragment of an Early-nineteenth-Century Teapot 314 figure 13.7. Early-Twentieth Century Postcard showing the Entrance to Joseph Bonaparte’s Point Breeze Estate 316 figure 14.1a and b. Historical Archaeological sites investigated in Trenton, circa 1980–2010 334 figure 14.2. The lambert/Douglas House, circa 1701–1790 339 figure 14.3. The Petty’s Run Archaeological site 344 figure 14.4. William Richards’ stoneware Pottery Kiln, circa 1774–1776 347 [3.149.233.72] Project MUSE (2024...

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