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Sounds like the tags that were put on bags of mail. The initials and
numbers generally indicated the rail route, however, I cannot remember a
CT&P. There was a Texas and Pacific. Possibly some short line.
Stephen P. Austin
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Hello Everyone:
I need some help identifying an artifact recently found at a site in
Missouri. We are mitigating a small, middle-nineteenth century site
(believed to represent a small farmstead or rural home site) located on the
floodplain of the Missouri River opposite the community of St. Charles.
After removing the plowzone, only two features were uncovered -a small pit
and a relatively large, wood-lined cellar. As we are still in the field on
this project, a thorough analysis of the artifacts will have to wait.
Nonetheless, the artifacts in the cellar appear to represent materials from
the 1850s (and probably1860s?) and include several three-piece military
buttons along with the more usual domestic debris. The artifact in question
is a large (1 ¼" diameter) tag similar to a military "dog tag." The copper
tag (which appears to have been cast) has a hole on the top and is marked
"C.
T. P. / 6973/ 1862" in raised letters (on three separate lines). The
opposite side of the tag is blank. Does anyone have any ideas as to what
"C.
T. P." might refer to?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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