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Gun that sparked the Pig War on June 15, 1859, San Juan Island, Washington
Gun that sparked the Pig War on June 15, 1859, San Juan Island, Washington
TitleGun that sparked the Pig War on June 15, 1859, San Juan Island, Washington
PhotographerUnknown
NotesGun belonging to American settler Lyman A. Cutler who shot a trespassing pig belonging to Englishman Charles Griffin of the Hudson Bay Company sparking the conflict between British and American troops known as the Pig War.

On verso of image: The gun that shot the Pig
Subjects (LCSH)Shotguns--Washington (State)--San Juan Island
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--San Juan County
Digital CollectionWashington Localities Collection
Order NumberWAS0983
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RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionWashington Localities Collection
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 1999.
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