Musket
- Object Name:
- Musket
- Object ID:
- 1991.107.01 a
- Creator:
- Baker, C. -- Gunsmith
- Place of Origin:
- Pennsylvania
- Date:
- 1776-1840
- Description:
- Musket, percussion-cap, with steel bayonet and wooden ramrod. Lockplate marked "C. BAKER".
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- L-53.5 D-2 inches
- Provenance:
- Said to have been used by Peter Kimball (1739-1811) of Haverhill, MA, and Boscawen, NH. Family tradition states that it is the Hessian musket brought home from the Battle of Bennington by Peter Kimball and later used by his grandson, Solon Kimball (d. 1887), and great grandson, Joseph Hoyt Kimball, for hunting. The donor is the great-great-great grandson of Peter Kimball. Peter was from Haverhill, MA, but later settled in Boscawen, NH Gift included can of lead shot said to have been used with this gun. Weapon was likely converted from flintlock to percussion cap.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Rodney C. Woodman, Jr.
- People:
- Kimball, Peter (1739-1811)
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