Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cannonball excavated at a Revolutionary War military site
Object Number:
INV.6318.396
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Gallery Label:
This cannonball was excavated by Reginald Pelham Bolton and others at a military camp that extended between 190th and 194th Streets, and Audobon and Eleventh Avenues, near Laurel Hill in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
