Patriot, Federalist and Masons, Politically Oriented Artifacts from the Revolutionary War to the Federal Period Occupation of the Anthony Farmstead in Southeastern Massachusetts

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Changes in the Land: Archaeological Data from the Northeast" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Recent excavations of the mid-eighteenth to mid-nineteenth century Anthony Farmstead in the town of Somerset, southeastern Massachusetts, yielded thousands of period artifacts, including numerous objects reflecting the patriotism and political affiliations of its occupants and the region as a whole. Several members of the Anthony family were of military age during the American Revolution and records indicate they may have participated in the War for Independence. In the decades following the war on through the Federal Period, patriotic sentiments and a participation in the popular Masonic Order in the first quarter of the nineteenth century are prevalent at the Anthony home. This analysis attempts to contribute to the understanding of the founding generation of Americans during this formative period.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)   •
• Changes in the Land: Archaeological Data from the Northeast

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Abstract Id(s): 24245