. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Illustration 85.—Half of sheep shears. One-half. (USNM ) account for 1731 we see that Mercer then purchased "5 narrow hoes" and "2 grubbing ; The onh' archeological evidence of hoes is a fragmentary broad hoe (probably a hilhng hoe) (USNM , ill. 83) and the collar of another. Thirteen axes are listed in the inventory. Again we find Nathaniel Chapman providing a "new axe"" in 1731 for five shillings, while William Himter sold Mercer "2 narrow axes" and "4 Axes" in 1743
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Illustration 85.—Half of sheep shears. One-half. (USNM ) account for 1731 we see that Mercer then purchased "5 narrow hoes" and "2 grubbing ; The onh' archeological evidence of hoes is a fragmentary broad hoe (probably a hilhng hoe) (USNM , ill. 83) and the collar of another. Thirteen axes are listed in the inventory. Again we find Nathaniel Chapman providing a "new axe"" in 1731 for five shillings, while William Himter sold Mercer "2 narrow axes" and "4 Axes" in 1743. One broken ax head occurs among the artifacts, worn back from repeated grinding and split at the eye (USNM , fig. 89c). There were four spades and an iron shovel at Marl- borough in 1771. An iron reinforcement from a shovel handle occurred in the site (USNM , ill. 84), while a slightly less curved strip of iron ma\- have been attached to a spade handle (USNM ). Once more in Chapman's account we find evidence of :o. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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