On View
On viewCannonball, 3 pound
Date1755-1775
Terms
- Cannonballs
- Iron
- England
Dimensions7.62 cm (3 in.)
Credit LineCannon Ball, England, 1755-1775. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Cummings E. Davis; M409.
Object numberM409
DescriptionTwo cast iron cannonballs; M409 is smaller than M410. Both have a single, vague casting mark around them. Surface of each is pitted and they have minor casting imperfections. Remains of black paint of some sort on each, and another, wax-like substance.
Tolman Catalog, Tolman Number 30: "Two Revolutionary Cannon Balls [Tolman Numbers 30-31, and M409-410, respectively], thrown into the mill pond by the British soldiers, April 19, 1775, and recovered by Cyrus Stow about 1835."
Tolman Catalog, Tolman Number 30: "Two Revolutionary Cannon Balls [Tolman Numbers 30-31, and M409-410, respectively], thrown into the mill pond by the British soldiers, April 19, 1775, and recovered by Cyrus Stow about 1835."
Collections
- American Revolutionary War
Object number: A2047A
Object number: A2047B
Object number: M2056