New Jersey State Museum - The French made iron trade axes from at least the 1530s. French craftsmen placed a makers mark on their iron trade axes. In 1608 John Smith wrote
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Andrew King on X: "Perhaps it is an early French fur trade axe...traded with indigenous peoples for furs along OttawaR. 1500-1600-1700s? http://t.co/d8A3GgRneX" / X
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