Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Cannonball |
Date |
ca. 18th century |
Dimensions |
Dia-36 inches |
Collection |
Single Items Small Collections |
People |
White, Alexander Amazeen, Gerard |
Search Terms |
Cape Road |
Subjects |
New Castle, NH Hats Fashion Men Clothing & dress |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Lexicon sub-category |
Armament -- Ammunition |
Catalog Number |
2008.002.01 |
Description |
Cannonball with pellets inside. Cannonball has a hole on top. Label with item: "Cannon Ball fired from a Bristish ship into the roof of a house in New Castle at the beginning of the Revolution." Cannonball was gifted to the Portsmouth Historical Society by Gerald Amazeen. Includes family story of the Amazeen cannonball written by Paul Amazeen. (document saved on NCHS computer, as well as scanned with this record.) |
Year Range from |
1750 |
Year Range to |
1800 |