"Towne of Boston" Flintlock Musket
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: American flintlock musket, .69 caliber, with "TOWNE OF BOSTON" branded into the stock.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This gun was put together in the Massachusetts Colony before the French and Indian War to arm the militia of the city of Boston.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (wood fragments)
place: label: assembled
content: United States
label: Place Made
content: United Kingdom: Grand Bretagne
label: used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: Colonial Life
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ralph G. Packard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.43450
label: catalog number
content: 43450
label: accession number
content: 164794
objectType: label: Object Name
content: musket
label: Other Terms
content: musket; Firearms; Flintlock; Dl; .69 In; Smooth Bore; Muzzle Load; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 55 in x 2 3/4 in; 20.32 cm x 139.7 cm x 6.985 cm