A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks"

The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks", by Henry W. Shoemaker This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks" Author: Henry W. Shoemaker Release Date: January 25, 2007 [EBook #20442] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FIREARMS CATALOGUE *** Produced by Greg Weeks, La Monte H. P. Yarroll, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. A CATALOGUE of EARLY PENNSYLVANIA and other FIREARMS and EDGED WEAPONS at "RESTLESS OAKS" McELHATTAN, PA. Collected by HENRY W. SHOEMAKER Lieut. Col., Res., U. S. A. Compiled by H. BEAM PIPER, of Altoona, Pa. THE LAST OF THE PENNSYLVANIA WAYSIDE GUNSMITHS BUSLER BROTHERS, CLINTON COUNTY, PA. (Frontispiece) "Aerataeque Micant Peltae, Micat Aereus Ensis." —Virgil, Aen. VIII, 743 DEDICATED TO THE PENNSYLVANIA FOLK-LORE SOCIETY, BY THE COMPILER CONTENTS PAGE THE SHOEMAKER COLLECTION OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA AND OTHER FIREARMS AND EDGED WEAPONS. 1 RIFLES, MUSKETS AND OTHER SHOULDER WEAPONS. PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS. 12 THE SETH NELSON GROUP OF EARLY 19 PENNSYLVANIA HUNTING EQUIPMENT.