For my 40th birthday, a very wonderful and talented craftsman
Bill Rooks who
I know through the Mohican
Press website, hand-carved for me this stunning powder
horn. It has on it the words "Chauncey Goodrich His Horn 1756"!
It shows a small version of very early New York City at the head of the Hudson River,
a ship in full sale on the river, the town of Albany, the
Mohawk River, Sir William Johnson's Fort, Fort Edward and
Fort William Henry (of Last of the Mohicans fame),
Lake George, Lake Champlain, Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga),
and Fort St. Frederic (later Crown Point). It is truly a wonderful
horn, a very generous gift. I am indebted to Bill for his
kindness!
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