Richard Wilson Brown Bess Musket, 1761
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1761
name: label: maker
content: Wilson
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This British musket was produced in London for use by the colony of New Jersey in the French and Indian War. New Jersey retained the musket and issued it to patriot forces at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom
label: associated place
content: United States: New Jersey
label: associated place
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Adriana Scalamandre Bitter and Edwin Ward Bitter for the Bitter Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0783.27
label: accession number
content: 1985.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0783.27
label: collector/donor number
content: M24-L
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Musket
label: Object Name
content: musket, flintlock
label: Other Terms
content: Musket; Firearms; Army; Militia; Flintlock; .72 In; Smooth Bore; Mr; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 61 1/2 in; x 156.21 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 62 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in; 158.75 cm x 7.3025 cm