the littlecannons possibilities, and when a Mr. Hegon visited himlater, the President instructed Cobmel George I). Ramsay toshow him one of the little breech-loading cannons I got ofHon. Klli Thayer. It was quite an innovative piece ofweaponry, and President Lincoln had personally seen to… … FIGURE 6. The all-important pat-ent mark appears, alas, in anawkward plate. It is just above thebreech plug. Early owners of thebarrel apparently damaged themark in trying to remove the plug.The T is partly obliterated, as ismost of the 8; however, thebeginnings of both of the loops inthe 8 are…
