American Revolution Documents

[Guest WAR LORD]

The musket has seen some years of sevice. It is interesting to see it has been converted to precusion along the way.

[Bear]

Hello Warlord,

I'm not sure when it was converted, but it still works and was last fired in the 1970s. In the lower left corner of the send photo you can see the gun being held.

thanks,

barry

[Guest WAR LORD]

The time these were being converted was in the late 1840 early 50's. The precusion system had been invented and this was your upgrade. Local gunsmiths found this a great soarse of new income. In England you see Farmers 12 boars changed at this point.

[NavyFCO]

Where do collectors find such items? I have never heard of Revolutionary Militaria or documents being sold on the open market!

Try looking on eBay for the more common items:

http://collectibles.search-desc.ebay.com/r...rchiZQQsaprcloZ

Also, there are a number of reputable auction houses that have document/manuscript/autograph sales on a fairly frequent basis which often include a good number of Revolutionary War documents.

Dave

[Bob Hunter]

How are the documents being preserved?

Has the rifle been converted from flint to percussion?

[Darrell English]

Dear Sir: I have been thinning out my Rev War stuff,Still have a few nice things.Drop a line if you would like to know more.Thanks Darrell English

[Bear]

Hello Darrell,

I've been doing the same and this is what remains.

http://www.jeanlannes.com/american-revolution

thanks,

barry

[nesredep]

Hello!

Wow,very impressing collection.

All the best

Nesredep

[Blitz]

Very impressive assembly of documents. Thanks for sharing Barry!