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Re: Hughes Breech loading Cannon
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Sir are you the same person who is offering this cannon for sale?

Just listed on June 19, 2007 Only 12 of these were manufactured and this is the only one known to exist.

Priced at well below its wholesale market value at: $89,500 US$!

Delivered FREE in the USA!

Note: We are currently researching this cannon and the history of its use during the battle for Island No. 10.

Street, Hungerford & Company

Located in Memphis, Tennessee, the foundry of Street, Hungerford & Company, operated by Anthony S. Street and Fayette H. Hungerford, employed nearly 100 hands in the production of wagons, railroad cars, plows, and iron castings. Sensing the oncoming war, Street and Hungerford converted their business to cannon and munitions production. Prior to the war, the foundry produced a wide variety of ordinance. After the firing on Fort Sumter, activities were enlarged to include the casting of 6-pound cannon. Street, Hungerford & Company's cannon casting later grew to include Hughes' guns (A small breechloader firing a one-pound ball six to eight times a minute), Parrott guns, and a few heavy guns.

The firm's prior production of a variety of wood products made for an easy transition to the manufacture of gun carriages. The firm produced a large number of such carriages, some of which were made for the guns cast at the nearby Quinby & Robinson plant.

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