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English: Artillery shot-canister for a 12-pounder cannon. The canister has a wood sabot, iron dividing plate, and thirty-seven cast-iron grape shot. The grapeshot all have mold-seam lines, and some have sprue projections. The cylindrical canister has a soldered seam up one side and is nailed to the sabot, which is cut with two encircling grooves. A second plate inside the canister is loose. An iron disc divider is also present.
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Author Minnesota Historical Society

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