RTP notes appended:

RTP

24 pnds 91/2 ft. Metal at Vent 6 inche wt. 49.20

18 pnds 9 f. long at Vent 6 inche

the 24 pndrs 91/2 ft.from Cascabel to muzzle: the metal 6 in. thick at the vent. wt. 49.2.0.

18 pnd 9 f. from base ring & 6 in. metal at vent & wt. 40t 18 inches. Calibre of 1st Reinforcemt.

32 pnd 9 f. metal at vent 6 3/8

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	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
0	0	1.923	2.423	2.775	3.053	3.288	3.498	3.679	3.846	4.000	Diarn
	0	2.019	2.544	2.913	3.204	3.688		3.861	4.038	4.200	Calib
1	4.143	4.277	4.403	4.522	4.653	4.743	4.846	4.945	5.040	5.131	Diarn
	4.349	4.490	4.623	4.748	4.866	4.981	5.088	5.192	5.292	5.386	Calib
2	5.220	5.305	5.338	5.409	5.547	5.623	5.697	5.769	5.839	5.908	Diarn
	5.480	5.570	5.661	5.742	5.824	5.893	5.982	6.057	6.129	2.203	Calib
3	5.975	6.041	6.105	6.168	6.230	6.290	6.350	6.408	6.465	6.521	Diarn
	6.273	6.343	6.410	6.475	6.541	6.604	6.666	6.707	6.788	6.846	Calib
4	6.576	6.631	6.684	6.737	6.789	6.640	6.890	6.940	6.989	7.037	Diarn
	6.904	6.962	7.018	7.076	7.128	7.182	7.234	7.287	7.338	7.383	Calib

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Tin 1500 lb. Gun Metal 9.00 lb. 900 lb. Copper at Hackensack 1800

at Trenton 1300

4000

Congress Morter 2700 6700

of Abr. V Nest 3161 or 3/.474.3.0.

MS ; endorsed: “Cannon”

RTP Note appended:

RTP

The cube of the length of cannon in Propotion to a Nine pounder whose length is 64 Inches or 16 Diamrs. of the Shot. They will be all 16 Diamrs. of their Shot

Nature of Cannon	Cubical Inches	Their Roots or their length in Inches
18 Pounder	524288	80.54
9	262144	64.
12	349858 2/3	70.43
6	174429 1/3	55.92
4	116619 5/9	48.81
3	87714	44.3
2	58309 7/9	33.76
1	29154 8/9	30.62
1/2	14577 4/9	24.41

NB If their length, thickness &c. are propotioned as above their Weights will be in propotion that is if one is 2 . 1 to the pound the other will be the same also

Dft. On the reverse of this document is a penciled draft congressional resolution on Maryland’s bounties for soldiers, which was passed on Oct. 30, 1776 (printed in Journals of the Continental Congress, 6:912–913). RTP was a member of the report committee that had been appointed on Oct. 23, 1776.