Museum object · Slavery and Freedom Objects
US Model 1842 percussion musket
ca. 1848
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
US Model 1842 Musket, a percussion lock musket with wooden gunstock and metal barrel and furniture. Etched into lock plate is [SPRING / FIELD / 1848]. Gunstock is damaged, possibly from rot, on what would be a right-handed wielder's side of the stock.
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Catalog reference: 2017.108.15.2
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