Antique Cannon is Gun Without History

Name/Title

Antique Cannon is Gun Without History

Entry/Object ID

V.2020.4.2

Scope and Content

Newspaper article that appeared in the WPRD August 7,1972 Regarding the attempts to determine information on the cannon, donated by William P. Hockley, that was found in the swamp on their property on Guard Hill Road. The article requests theories from readers and gives a couple of their own from research to armature specialists from The Armouries in Tower of London and a Firearms Expert affliated with Westpoint. Media file has the documents in pdf.