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| arc01182 | |
| Copy of the inscription on the artillery guns transferred to the trustees of the estates of the town of Sheffield | |
| Sheffield | |
| 1821/09/19 | |
| 1800-1850 | |
| SCC | |
This piece of artillery, with another of equal caliber, was purchased in 1794, for the use of the regiment of Sheffield Loyal Independent Volunteers, in defence of their country. Lists names of the Trustees and the Committee as follows - Trustees:Robert Turner, collector; John Shore; John Greaves; Francis Fenton; Samuel Staniforth; Vincent Henry Eyre; Peter Brownell; Rowland Hodgson; Benjamin Withers, junior; Thomas Asline Ward; Samuel Mitchell. Committee; Lieutenant Colonel Fenton; Joseph Kirkby; James Jessop; Thomas Warburton; William Skinner; John Baxter; William Ross; George Kitchen; Samuel Darwin; William Hall; Benjamin Armitage; Robert Spooner; Thomas Smith. Printed by W. Todd, Printer, Sheffield. Original at Sheffield Archives (JC/29/38). |
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