Alexander Hamilton's Powder Horn up for Auction in the New Year

A historic relic believed to have belonged to Broadway's favorite founding father will soon be for sale.

A gun powder horn engraved with Alexander Hamilton's name and the number 1973 recently surfaced, and appraisers believe it may have been the one he used in his military endeavors, including his duel with Aaron Burr. The piece will go up for auction on January 11, 2016, Hamilton's birthday.

"It could have been by his side above the banks of the Hudson River in Weehawken, New Jersey," writes the Associated Press, "when the man who was the nation's first treasury secretary was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr in 1804 and died at age 49."

Dr. Warren Richman, the dentist who obtained the horn in 1990, says this horn is more than just an artifact, "It's a symbol of hopes and aspirations, and it's such a positive symbol of his future."

The new musical Hamilton has book, music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, who also plays the title role. The musical is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and music direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. Hamilton is inspired by Ron Chernow's biography "Alexander Hamilton."

The cast of Hamilton is comprised of Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton), Daveed Diggs(Marquis De Lafayette,Thomas Jefferson), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Angelica Schuyler),Christopher Jackson (George Washington),Jonathan Groff (King George), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Peggy Schuyler, Maria Reynolds), Javier Muñoz (Hamilton alternate), Okieriete Onaodowan(Hercules Mulligan, James Madison), Leslie Odom, Jr. (Aaron Burr),Anthony Ramos(John Laurens, PhilipHamilton) and Phillipa Soo (ElizaHamilton).

HAMILTON is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut too short, he served as George Washington's chief aide, was the first Treasury Secretary, a loving husband and father, despised by his fellow Founding Fathers and shot to death by Aaron Burr in their legendary duel.