Committee of Safety musket
date: label: Date
content: 1770-1779
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A Committee of Safety musket (a) and wooden hexagonal nut (b), made circa 1770s. This .80 caliber musket is constructed of a medium dark walnut stock. Its butt plate, trigger guard, proper right lock plate, frizzen, breech, and barrel bands are brass, it has a stored iron ramrod, and there are no discernable lock plate markings. The proper left side of the breech is engraved, “SS”, along the stock and there are scattered/unclear engravings between the space of the barrel and stock on the proper left side.
place: label: Place made
content: Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Revolution, 1775-1783
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Weapons and Ammunition
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.116.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: muskets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: walnut, brass (alloy), iron and steel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a): 57 1/2 × 8 5/16 × 1 7/8 in. (146.1 × 21.1 × 4.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b): 20 11/16 × 2 3/4 in. (52.5 × 7 cm)