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The Rhode Island Republican
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
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In March, a sawmill worker near Brandywine discovered a 4-pound cannon ball embedded in a poplar log, likely fired from the American battery during the September 11, 1777 battle, where it lodged harmlessly for over 41 years near a British encampment site.
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Worthy of notice.—At a saw mill one mile east of Chadd's road across the Brandywine, and about the middle of last March, as a man was sawing a large poplar log, he was surprised at hearing the saw strike against something very unusual, that obliged him to stop the mill; upon examination it proved to be a cannon ball of four pounds weight, completely grown over so as to leave no mark. It appears evident from every circumstance, that this ball was discharged from the American battery on the day of the battle of Brandywine Sept. 11, 1777, as the tree in which it was found, grew just back of the ground where the British soldiers were encamped. From that time to the present is more than 41 years that it has lain perfectly harmless, though we cannot say what damage it may have done in its passage from the gun to the tree.
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One Mile East Of Chadd's Road Across The Brandywine
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Middle Of Last March
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this ball was discharged from the american battery on the day of the battle of brandywine sept. 11, 1777... from that time to the present is more than 41 years that it has lain perfectly harmless, though we cannot say what damage it may have done in its passage from the gun to the tree
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At a saw mill one mile east of Chadd's road across the Brandywine... as a man was sawing a large poplar log, he was surprised at hearing the saw strike against something very unusual... upon examination it proved to be a cannon ball of four pounds weight, completely grown over so as to leave no mark. It appears evident... that this ball was discharged from the American battery on the day of the battle of Brandywine Sept. 11, 1777, as the tree in which it was found, grew just back of the ground where the British soldiers were encamped