Wordie: Cannon: Comments

Comment by yarb, 3 months ago

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:58:14 +0000

Citation (in the sense of part of a horse's leg) on withers.

Comment by cathari, 11 months ago

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:06:53 +0000

People who spell this "canon" need to be dragged out in the street and shot. ;)

Comment by chained_bear, 11 months ago

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:39:33 +0000

Captured at Yorktown and Gloucester, "60 pieces brass cannon, 150 iron ditto (meaning "the same")," as well as "70 barrels powder" (meaning gunpowder) and 80 ships. This, the newspaper notes, is just the beginning of the list: "Remainder not come to hand." (Salem, Mass. Gazette, November 15, 1781)