Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Luce Center
Cannonball excavated at a Revolutionary War military site
Object Number:
INV.6318.402
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Gallery Label:
This cannonball was excavated by Reginald Pelham Bolton and others at a military camp between 190th and 194th Streets and Audobon and Eleventh Avenues in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
