ARTILLERY; IN MANUSCRIPT. 
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There is one table which might be useful for reference in case one 
wished to know the details relative to the antique ordnance of 150 
years ago. The table is headed —“ A table shewing all things necess¬ 
ary to the known of the Names, Proportions, Weights, Lengths, 
Bullets, Ranges, etc., of a great gun.” The names of the guns are 
given in their orders of magnitude, the smallest is called f A Base/ 
then come f Robinet/ f Falconen/ f Falcon/ ‘ Minion/ f Saker/ f Saker 
old sort/ f Demi-culverm/ ' Culverin/ f Demi-Cannon/ f A Royal whole 
Cannon/ There are several sizes of the different natures of gun. The 
f Base' weighed 200 lbs and had an extreme range of 600 paces ; the 
f Royal whole Cannon' weighed 8000 lbs. and had an extreme range 
of 1850 yards, throwing a projectile of 58 lbs. 
Towards the end of the book there is a list headed—“ Proportion of 
Ordnance, Ordnance stores, etc., ordered to Fort Edward,” and there 
is a note written in it “ The intire Stock-in-Trade of James Rockett, 
Commissary, Albany, February, 1858.” The Ordnance consisted of 
two 10" Mortars and 15 Coehorn, four 8" Howitzers and four Royal 
Howitzers with a quantity of ammunition, stores, etc. 
There is also in Captain Jones’ handwriting a list of stores “for 
forming a small temporal (sic) Laboratory for a Battering Train 114 
pieces Ordnance.” 
Loose in the book there is a rough index of the contents which has 
been written on the back of an old letter. The address on the letter 
is :— 
Mr. Hamilton, 
Fort Augusta. 
and the letter is as follows 
“ Sir, 
“ Captain Dobbin desires me to ask the favour of you to order 
“ Tom to bring up the Pine Cheese to-morrow as it is to go to 
“ Windward. 
“Teusday (sic) Morning. (Sd.) James F. Weire.” 
There is no date, nor guide to shew whence the letter proceeded, 
neither am I able to explain the context. Fort Augusta was in Georgia, 
and, about 1 750, was occupied by British troops. 
Fort Edward above alluded to was on the Hudson river near Glenn's 
Falls and was an important place in those days. It has now entirely 
disappeared. 
I append the Regimental lists copied verbatim (with a few except¬ 
ions) from those in the book. The numbers after the names are the 
“ Kane's List ” numbers. 
