Braddock Pistol
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1752
label: date made
content: ca 1750
name: label: user
content: Washington, George
label: Associated Name
content: Braddock, Edward
label: associated person
content: Braddock, Edward
label: maker
content: Gabbitas
label: associated person
content: Washington, George
label: maker
content: Gabbitas
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: English flintlock pistol, .71 caliber made by an armorer named Gabbitas. It bears the initials "E. B." for Edward Braddock.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: General Edward Braddock gave this pistol to George Washington. In 1777 Washington mislaid the gun. A letter was sent to Captain Charles Morley on July 2, 1777. It read: “Sir, His Excellency Gen. Washington desires you to look among his effects for a pistol which was mislaid or possibly lost. You will know it by being a large brass barrel and the lock of which is also of brass with the name of Gabbitas, the Spanish armorer, thereon. It has also a heavy brass butt. His Excellency is much exercised over the loss of this pistol, it being given him by Gen. Braddock, and having since been with him through several campaigns, and he therefore values it very highly."
label: Description
content: William Gabbitas was actually a British gunsmith, Gabitas being an old Norman French name.
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: Associated Place
content: North America
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: Revolution and the New Nation
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
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.245168.126
label: accession number
content: 245168
label: catalog number
content: 245168.126
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pistol
label: Other Terms
content: Firearms; Flintlock; .71 In; Muzzle Load; 00; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in; 36.83 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 16 in x 5 in; 15.24 cm x 40.64 cm x 12.7 cm