Cut Nail

Object/Artifact

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Patrick Henry's Red Hill

Name/Title

Cut Nail

Entry/Object ID

2021.97

Description

Iron nail. Heavily rusted. Found at Studley plantation.

Made/Created

Date made

1730 - 1800

Provenance

Notes

Nail found near the foundations of Studley plantation, the site of Patrick Henry's birth on May 29, 1736. It was excavated by Dr. Robert D. Meade on a visit with Judge Bazile in 1945.