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Deming, William, 1736-1830

Gun-founder; born in 1736; during the Revolution constructed the first wrought-iron cannon ever made in America, one of which was captured by the British at the battle of Brandywine, and is kept as a curiosity at the Tower of London. He died in Mifflin, Pa., Dec. 19, 1830.

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