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Title:	MUSKET -  U.S. MUSKET MODEL 1816 TYPE III SPRINGFIELD ARMORY FLINTLOCK .69
Maker/Manufacturer:	SPRINGFIELD ARMORY
Date of Manufacture:	1837
Eminent Figure:
Catalog Number:	SPAR 4654
Measurements:	OL:146CM 57 1/2" BL:106.6CM 42"

Object Description:

U.S. MUSKET MODEL 1816 TYPE III SPRINGFIELD ARMORY FLINTLOCK .69
Manufactured by Springfield Armory, Springfield, Ma. in 1837 - Standard Model 1816 Type III Springfield single-shot muzzle-loading musket. Iron furniture. Bright finish. Detachable brass pan. Three bands with upper band double-strapped. This is one of 14,500 muskets manufactured in 1837 at a cost of $11.69 each. Missing top jaw and screw. Few dings in left side of stock.

Markings:
Lock: Eagle/US front of cock. SPRING/FIELD/1837 behind cock.
Barrel: V/P/Eaglehead and dated 1837.
Trigger guard: CB.
Sideplate: S.
Middle band: S.
Buttplate: US. 31 (possibly old museum number).

1909 Catalog #2058 - "Musket. Sp'f'd Smooth Bore Flint Lock Musket. Cal..6875. M'f'd 1837. On tang, 1836."

LOAN HISTORY:
Army # 0035 - Loaned to George Kennedy, C.B.S. Television, from 8 May 1958 to 16 May 1958.

References:
Reilly, Robert. UNITED STATES MILITARY SMALL ARMS. Eagle Press. 1970.
______________. UNITED STATES MARTIAL FLINTLOCKS. Andrew Mowbray Inc. Lincoln, R.I. 1986.