Lead Seals from Fort Michilimackinac, 1715-1781

Name/Title

Lead Seals from Fort Michilimackinac, 1715-1781

Entry/Object ID

L1993.1.98

Description

Lead Seals from Fort Michilimackinac, 1715-1781 is part of a series of historical reports published by the Mackinac Island State Park Commission, or, as of this particular report, Mackinac State Historic Parks. The seals of which the author writes were once called "bale seals" but now believed to be "seals placed on individual woven cloths exported to such posts as Michilimackinac, first from France and later from Great Britain." 49/Softbound/Illustrations/Maps

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Fur trade

Search Terms

Seals, Lead, Historic, Michigan, Fort Michilimackinac, Mackinaw Island, Colonial Period

Book Details

Author

Adams, Diane L.

Place Published

Location

Mackinac Island

State/Province

Michigan

Date Published

1989

Call No.

Archaeology AD

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent