Memento mori: A skull fragment in Special Collections is the focus of a new article in the Journal of the American Revolution

Heritage professional Emelia Lehmann wrote about a most unusual and somewhat gruesome artifact that caught her attention when she worked in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library as a graduate student.

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Left side: Individual setting up a video camera on tripod in a building with large columns overlooking a park. Right side: Two items inside a display case. One is a box labeled 'Skull Fragment of David Steele from Battle of Guilford Courthouse MSS 106 16c.' The other is a labeled plastic bag containing a piece of skull bone.
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