Rappahannock Forge Musket
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1780
label: date made
content: ca 1780
name: label: maker
content: Rappahannock Forge
label: maker
content: James Hunter
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Rappahanock Forge musket, serial no. 411, barrel marked "I. Hunter," flintlock engraved "Rap Forge" with small capital "A" over parallel lines.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Congress was finding it difficult to arm its soldiers after Lexington and Concord. By 1778, there were six Continental arsenals located in the colonies. Virginia founded a state gun factory in 1775 but most states resorted to employing private gunmakers who gathered mixed and scavenged parts to fashion muskets. Virginia's Rappahanock Forge was one of the private gunmakers supplying the colonies. It is estimated that during the War of Independence about 80,000 muskets were American mixed-pattern muskets.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Virginia, Falmouth
label: made at
content: United States: Virginia
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: Revolution and the New Nation
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0748.01
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0748.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0748
label: serial number
content: Sn 411
label: collector/donor number
content: M1L
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Musket
label: Other Terms
content: Musket; Firearms; .78 Caliber; Flintlock
label: Other Terms
content: Musket; Firearms; Flintlock; .82 In; Smooth Bore; Muzzle Load; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 59 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 21.59 cm x 151.13 cm x 6.985 cm