Committee of Safety Musket
name: label: associated institution
content: Committee of Safety
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Committee of Safety musket, .80 caliber.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Committee of Safety rifles were copied from the British King’s Arms Long Land pattern musket. During the mid-1700s many communities formed Committees of Safety to address the needs and concerns of the times. Committees of Safety during the earlier years of the Revolution served as the chief executive body of the province to transition from colonial to state government. A militia of able-bodied men was subordinate to the Committee and would respond to emergencies if called.
place: label: used
content: United States
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Vannoy Cleveland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.152484
label: accession number
content: 19953
label: catalog number
content: 152484
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Musket
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/4 in x 59 in x 3 1/4 in; 22.225 cm x 149.86 cm x 8.255 cm