Brown Bess Musket
date: label: date made
content: 1746
label: associated date
content: 1746
name: label: maker
content: Jordan, Edward
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Re-stocked Long Land pattern Brown Bess musket, .80 caliber, lockplate marked Jordan, dated 1746.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The metal parts of this musket were made by Edward Jordan of Birmingham, England in 1746. The original wooden stock was replaced with the distinctive club butt stock of the Massachusetts colony.
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom
label: Associated Place
content: United Kingdom: Grand Bretagne
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
label: See more items in
content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: William G. Renwick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.245168.043
label: collector/donor number
content: R0087
label: catalog number
content: 245168.043
label: accession number
content: 245168
objectType: label: Object Name
content: musket
label: Other Terms
content: musket; Firearms; Flintlock; .79 In; Muzzle Load; 00; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 60 in x 3 1/4 in; 20.32 cm x 152.4 cm x 8.255 cm