This action is to determine the ownership of two 1,000-pound bronze cannons which were cast in 1748 in Woolrich, England, for use by the British Royal Artillery. They were thereafter transported to the colonies and were subsequently captured by the French on August 9, 1757, during the French and Indian War, when Montcalm overran the British troops at Fort William Henry. The French placed the cannons aboard a warship, the Muskellunge, assigned to protect Lake Champlain...
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