Collection Highlights
Manhattan Rifles!
Date:
1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.055.3.226
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Grapeshot
Object Number:
1962.79
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 in. ( 4.1 cm )
Description:
Iron grapeshot.
Gallery Label:
This grapeshot was cut out of a window casing of the Colonial Kip house, on 35th Street east of Second Avenue in Manhattan. The shot was probably fired on September 14, 1776 by a British frigate during a cannonade that preceded a landing of British troops on the island the next day.
Credit Line:
Gift of A.M. Clarke
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
