US Model 1842 percussion musket
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1848
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Springfield Armory, American, 1777 - 1968
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: US Model 1842 Musket, a percussion lock musket with wooden gunstock and metal barrel and furniture. Etched into lock plate is [SPRING / FIELD / 1848]. Gunstock is damaged, possibly from rot, on what would be a right-handed wielder's side of the stock.
place: label: Place made
content: Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
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: 2017.108.15.2
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: metal , wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 1/4 × 50 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (21 × 129.4 × 5.5 cm)