Artifacts Recovered From A Square Wood Lined Privy Corner of Neilson & Richmond Streets New Brunswick, NJ 12/27/01.

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Artifacts Recovered From A Square Wood Lined Privy Corner of Neilson & Richmond Streets New Brunswick, NJ 12/27/01

The excavation of this privy was begun and completed on December 27, The wood liner of the privy was discovered by probing at night on an area graded to a depth of about two feet. Excavation was begun and fragments from the first quarter of the nineteenth century began to appear.

The work was done by hand with a shovel. The privy contained roughly a three foot use layer from about The depth of the privy was approximately 7 feet from street level. All fragments were saved and washed.

Warne & Letts

Thomas Warne and Joshua Letts operated a pottery at Cheesequake, which is now part of Old Bridge Township. The pottery started operations as early as 1804 and was definitely in operation by 1806, as dated examples prove. Sim and Clement claim 1804 examples exist and known 1807 examples exist. Operating under the name of Warne and Letts the pottery turned out stoneware for another 5 or 6 years making its run from about 1804 to The Early Makers of Handcrafted Earthenware and Stoneware in Central and Southern New Jersey, page 71

Redware

Flint Glass Tumblers

Black Glass Bottles

Historical Staffordshire

Animal Bones

Metal Items

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