my name is, philip mead. i'm the chief historian and curator of this museum of the american revolution. so pleased to see you all tonight for fredricka bears. presentation on the hessians. scott stephenson. sends his regrets he had intended be here tonight hosting but was unavailable. he though he may be watching from zoom so if you're out there, scott. hello i wanted to call your attention tonight to important object that we actually have in this room. this is a fragment of a hessian miter cap from the fusileers on nip of hersey castle. it was discovered, among other fragments of these in the delaware river in, the early 20th century, and some research by craig nanos and others has pretty well establish that it was lost when a troop transport went under in may of human march of 1778 in the delaware river, and no one drowned all of the soldiers on board survived. but obviously a bunch of their things stayed in the river. they were dredged up, are on display. other pieces of that same material are on display i

my name is, philip mead. i'm the chief historian and curator of this museum of the american revolution. so pleased to see you all tonight for fredricka bears. presentation on the hessians. scott stephenson. sends his regrets he had intended be here tonight hosting but was unavailable. he though he may be watching from zoom so if you're out there, scott. hello i wanted to call your attention tonight to important object that we actually have in this room. this is a fragment of a hessian mir

my name is philip mead. i'm the chief historian and curator of this museum of the american revolution. i'm so pleased to see you all tonight for fredricka bears presents session on the hessians scott's stevenson sends his regrets had intended to be here tonight hosting but was unavailable. he though he may be watching from zoom so if you're out there scott hello i wanted to call your attention tonight an important object that we have here in this room. this is a fragment of a hessian miter cap from the fusileers napoleon of hezekiah's cell. it was discovered, among other fragments, these caps in the delaware river in the early 20th century. and historical research by craig nanos and others has pretty well established that it was lost when a troop transport fort went under in may of human march of 1778 in the delaware river, and no one drowned. all of the soldiers on board, but obviously a bunch of their stayed in the river. they were dredged and are on display. other pieces of that same material are on in th