18th Century Material Culture

American Military Firearms

Committee
of
Safety
American “Committee of Safety” Musket from Massachusetts
Adaptation of the 1756 Long Land Pattern Musket
(Private Collection)
American “Committee of Safety” Musket
Surcharged with “US” on Lockplate
(James D. Julia)
American “Committee of Safety” Musket
Surcharged with “US” on Lockplate
(James D. Julia)
American “Committee of Safety” Musket
Surcharged with “US” on Lockplate
(James D. Julia)
American “Committee of Safety” Musket
Surcharged with “US” on Lockplate
(James D. Julia)
American “Committee of Safety” Musket
c. 1770s
(Skinner - Bill Ahearn Collection)
American “Committee of Safety” Musket
c. 1770s
(Skinner - Bill Ahearn Collection)
American “Committee of Safety” Musket from Pennsylvania
by Henry Voight Marked “VOIGT/1775,”
(Skinner - Bill Ahearn Collection)
American “Committee of Safety” Musket from Pennsylvania
by Henry Voight Marked “VOIGT/1775,”
(Skinner - Bill Ahearn Collection)
American “Committee of Safety” Musket from Maryland
c. 1777
(James D. Julia)
American “Committee of Safety” Musket from Maryland
c. 1777
(James D. Julia)
American “Committee of Safety” Musket from Maryland
c. 1777
(James D. Julia)
American “Committee of Safety” Musket from Maryland
c. 1777
(James D. Julia)
 American “Committee of Safety” Musket
by James Johnson of Williamsburg, Virginia
(James D. Julia)
 American “Committee of Safety” Musket
by James Johnson of Williamsburg, Virginia
(James D. Julia)
American Officer’s “Committee of Safety” Fusil / Musket from Massachusetts
Attributed to Asa Waters of Milbury, Massachusetts c. 1777
(Private Collection)
American Officer’s “Committee of Safety” Fusil / Musket from Massachusetts
Attributed to Asa Waters of Milbury, Massachusetts c. 1777
(Private Collection)
American Officer’s “Committee of Safety” Fusil / Musket from Massachusetts
Attributed to Asa Waters of Milbury, Massachusetts c. 1777
(Private Collection)
Connecticut
Firelocks
 American Firelock Fragment from Connecticut
Owned by Captain Edward Roggers of Cornwall, Connecticut, Colonel Fisher Gay’s Regiment, Wadworth’s Brigade 1776
(Doyle’s)
 American Firelock Fragment from Connecticut
Owned by Captain Edward Roggers of Cornwall, Connecticut, Colonel Fisher Gay’s Regiment, Wadworth’s Brigade 1776
(Doyle’s)
 American Firelock Fragment from Connecticut
Owned by Captain Edward Roggers of Cornwall, Connecticut, Colonel Fisher Gay’s Regiment, Wadworth’s Brigade 1776
(Doyle’s)
 American Firelock Fragment from Connecticut
Owned by Captain Edward Roggers of Cornwall, Connecticut, Colonel Fisher Gay’s Regiment, Wadworth’s Brigade 1776
(Doyle’s)
New Hampshire
Firelocks
American Firelock Marked for New Hampshire
Marked “IS / 1776” (Possibly by Joseph Stevens)
(Cowan’s Auctions)
American Firelock Marked for New Hampshire
Marked “IS / 1776” (Possibly by Joseph Stevens)
(Cowan’s Auctions)
Rhode Island
Firelocks
 American Officer’s Fusil
Breech Engraved: “TO DEFEND CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY AND PROPERTY”
Lock Stamped “B. Homer”
Stock Stamped “A. PECK” for Ambrose Peck of Swanzey who Served in the Colonel Thomas Carpenter’s 1st Bristol County Regt.
Silver Escutcheon with the Motto 'EXITUS IN DUBIO EST' and the Name “A CARPENTER”
Possibly Made for Abel Carpenter, 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Rhode Island Regiment
(Bonhams)
 American Officer’s Fusil
Breech Engraved: “TO DEFEND CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY AND PROPERTY”
Lock Stamped “B. Homer”
Stock Stamped “A. PECK” for Ambrose Peck of Swanzey who Served in the Colonel Thomas Carpenter’s 1st Bristol County Regt.
Silver Escutcheon with the Motto 'EXITUS IN DUBIO EST' and the Name “A CARPENTER”
Possibly Made for Abel Carpenter, 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Rhode Island Regiment
(Bonhams)
 American Officer’s Fusil
Breech Engraved: “TO DEFEND CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY AND PROPERTY”
Lock Stamped “B. Homer”
Stock Stamped “A. PECK” for Ambrose Peck of Swanzey who Served in the Colonel Thomas Carpenter’s 1st Bristol County Regt.
Silver Escutcheon with the Motto 'EXITUS IN DUBIO EST' and the Name “A CARPENTER”
Possibly Made for Abel Carpenter, 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Rhode Island Regiment
(Bonhams)
New Jersey
Firelocks
English Musket for the Colony of New Jersey During the Seven Years War Marked “NEW JERSEY”
Issued to New Jersey Troops at the Start of the American Revolution
(Museum of the American Revolution)
Wilson Commercial Musket Marked for New Jersey
18th Century
(Private Collection)
Wilson Commercial Musket Marked for New Jersey
18th Century
(Private Collection)
Wilson Commercial Musket Marked for New Jersey
18th Century
(Private Collection)
Butt Plate Marked for New Jersey Found in Lake George at Sabbath Day Point
18th Century
(Estate of Radford Curdy - Courtesy Don Troiani)
Wilson Commercial Musket
18th Century
(Don Troiani)
Pennsylvania
Firelocks
American Musket from the Philadelphia Supply Agency
c. 1776
(College Hill Arsenal)
American Musket from the Philadelphia Supply Agency
c. 1776
(College Hill Arsenal)
American Musket from the Philadelphia Supply Agency
c. 1776
(College Hill Arsenal)
American Musket from the Philadelphia Supply Agency
c. 1776
(College Hill Arsenal)
American Musket from the Philadelphia Supply Agency
c. 1776
(College Hill Arsenal)
American Musket from the Philadelphia Supply Agency
c. 1776
(College Hill Arsenal)
American Musket from the Philadelphia Supply Agency
c. 1776
(College Hill Arsenal)
American Musket from the Philadelphia Supply Agency
c. 1776
(College Hill Arsenal)
American Musket from the Philadelphia Supply Agency
c. 1776
(College Hill Arsenal)
American Musket from the Philadelphia Supply Agency
c. 1776
(College Hill Arsenal)
 American Musket Made For the Prince William Independent Company in Virginia
by Philadelphia Gunsmith Thomas Palmer, Believed to be One of the 40 Muskets Ordered by G. Washington in January, 1775
(Museum of the American Revolution)
Virginia
Firelocks
 American Firelock Marked for Virginia
Marked for the Wheeler’s Manufactory - 12th Virginia Regiment, Gloucester
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 American Firelock Marked for Virginia
Marked for the Wheeler’s Manufactory - 12th Virginia Regiment, Gloucester
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 American Firelock Marked for Virginia
Marked for the Wheeler’s Manufactory - 12th Virginia Regiment, Gloucester
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 American Firelock Marked for Virginia
Marked for the Wheeler’s Manufactory - 12th Virginia Regiment, Gloucester
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 American Firelock Marked for Virginia
Marked for the Wheeler’s Manufactory - 12th Virginia Regiment, Gloucester
(Cowan’s Auctions)
 Rappahannock Forge Musket
by the Forge of James Hunter on the Banks of the Rappenhannock River near Fredericksburg, Virginia
(Museum of the American Revolution)
 Rappahannock Forge Musket
by the Forge of James Hunter on the Banks of the Rappenhannock River near Fredericksburg, Virginia
(Museum of the American Revolution)
 Rappahannock Forge Musket
by the Forge of James Hunter on the Banks of the Rappenhannock River near Fredericksburg, Virginia
(Museum of the American Revolution)
Miscellaneous
Firelocks
American Military Musket Engraved “The Outcome is in Doubt” & Marked “U. STATES”
c. 1775 - 1776
(Museum of the American Revolution)
English 2nd Model / Pattern 1769 Short Land Service Musket with “US” Surcharge
Marked “TOWER” with Pattern 1756 Cock and 2 Screw Pattern 1777 Lock
(Skinner - Bill Ahearn Collection)
English 2nd Model / Pattern 1769 Short Land Service Musket with “US” Surcharge
Marked “TOWER” with Pattern 1756 Cock and 2 Screw Pattern 1777 Lock
(Skinner - Bill Ahearn Collection)
English 2nd Model / Pattern 1769 Short Land Service Musket with Markings for the New York Guard
Marked “N Y G” with British Markings Removed
(Skinner - Bill Ahearn Collection)
English 2nd Model / Pattern 1769 Short Land Service Musket with Markings for the New York Guard
Marked “N Y G” with British Markings Removed
(Skinner - Bill Ahearn Collection)
Restocked American Musket Made with British Components
Locked Marked for Richard Wilson of London
(Cowan’s Auctions - Ex Nathan L. Swayze Collection)
Restocked American Musket Made with British Components
Locked Marked for Richard Wilson of London
(Cowan’s Auctions - Ex Nathan L. Swayze Collection)
Restocked American Musket Made with British Components
Locked Marked for Richard Wilson of London
(Cowan’s Auctions - Ex Nathan L. Swayze Collection)
Restocked American Musket Made with British Components
Locked Marked for Richard Wilson of London
(Cowan’s Auctions - Ex Nathan L. Swayze Collection)
Restocked American Musket Made with British Components
Locked Marked for Richard Wilson of London
(Cowan’s Auctions - Ex Nathan L. Swayze Collection)
Dutch Styled Lock on an American Musket, British Land Pattern Styling
(Brandywine State Park - Photo Courtesy Andrew Watson Kirk)
American Musket Made with French Model 1717 Components
Late 18th Century
(Skinner - Bill Ahearn Collection)
American Musket Made with French Model 1717 Components
Late 18th Century
(Skinner - Bill Ahearn Collection)
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