"Superior to Any Other House in the South or West": The Daniel Edwards Foundry of New Orleans.
Author(s): Miguel Gutierrez
Year: 2018
Summary
Archaeological recovery efforts at the site of CSS Georgia revealed brass and copper instruments known as gun sights. These gun sights facilitated the aiming of naval guns and are relatively rare in archaeological settings. After the American Civil War, material composed of cupreous metals, such as these sights, was melted and repurposed. A maker’s mark stamped on one of these instruments indicates that the manufacturer of these items was a certain Daniel Edwards whose foundry business was in New Orleans and had locations on Canal and Fulton Streets. Manufacturing businesses were quite rare in New Orleans during the antebellum years. However, thanks to research done on these gun sights, we now know that the Daniel Edwards foundry was one of the premier foundry establishments of New Orleans during the 19th century, further enriching the history of the Crescent City just in time for the 300th anniversary of its founding.
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"Superior to Any Other House in the South or West": The Daniel Edwards Foundry of New Orleans.. Miguel Gutierrez. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441506)
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Keywords
General
Edwards
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Foundry
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Louisiana
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1846-1900
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 593