This Ancient Cannon
This Ancient Cannon
was exhumed in 1892 on the site of
no. 55 Broadway on the corner of Exchange Alley
or the highway leading to the
fortification called oyster pasty 1695-1783
Presented to the City of New York by
William Henry Mairs
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Placed here by the children of
the City History Club
1914
Marker is on State Street, on the left when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
