Fort Ticonderoga: A Short History

by Stephen H. P. Pell

Cover: Montcalm Congratulating His Victorious Troops,
Battle of Carillon, Fort Ticonderoga, July 8, 1758.

Fort Ticonderoga: Looking South, Up Lake Champlain

Fort Ticonderoga
A Short History

Compiled from Contemporary Sources
By S. H. P. Pell

Profusely Illustrated

Reprinted for the Fort Ticonderoga Museum
1966

“The little bronze flint and tinder box illustrated, was found in 1888 by the present Museum Director, then a small boy. His brother dislodged a stone while they were climbing around the fort. Under the stone was this box with flint and tinder in it. Bronze and of French design, it must have belonged to some important officer, probably Montcalm de Levis, Bougainville or Bourlamacque. The busts represent Cupid and Psyche; the faces are extraordinarily beautiful and expressive. The box measures 2¼ by 1¼ inches.

I consider this box and the back plate for the suit of half-armor (found a few years ago) the most interesting of the thousands of articles found at the Fort.