Arms Lost
James Clealand
Captain Newtownards Infantry
Advertisement from the Belfast Newsletter dated June 1798.
The significance of this advertisement is that these arms were stolen at the height of the Rebellion. (May-September 1798)
Two gunmakers are noted:
1/ William Herriot of Edinburgh who had produced a Fowling Piece with gold touch-hole.
2/ Henry Nock of London, he having made a double barrelled pistol with barrels about three inches long and marked 3 & 4.
In addition, a very good description of a Small Sword also lost!
For those interested in the further reading on the Rebellion of 1798 we would advise:
The Year of Liberty, The Great Irish Rebellion of 1798 by Thomas Pakenham, Hodder & Stoughton, 1969.
This richly researched book will be quoted regularly in these blogs.
Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk
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