No. 275.j 
175 
The first cannon made in the State were by the present Peter Town- 
send, Esq. in 1816, from the iron of Long mine; they were 6, 12, 18, 
24 and 32 pounders. JS"ot one failed in the proof; some of them were 
light field pieces, all for the Government of the United States. The 
6 and 12 pounders were made to order lighter than British brass fielcj 
pieces of the same size^ still the metal withstood proof. 
Signedj HORTON, 
