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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: ASCII *** 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. [Illustration] _Collected by_ HENRY W. SHOEMAKER Lieut. Col., Res., U. S. A. _Compiled by_ H. BEAM PIPER, _of Altoona, Pa._ * * * * * [Illustration: 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. RIFLES, MUSKETS AND OTHER SHOULDER WEAPONS. 1 PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS. 12 THE SETH NELSON GROUP OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA HUNTING EQUIPMENT. 19 EDGED WEAPONS, POLEARMS, CLUBS, ETC. 23 ACCESSORIES, ETC. 31 A PARTIAL CATALOGUE OF THE PIPER COLLECTION. (ALTOONA, PA.) 38 [Illustration] INTRODUCTION For years this writer's aim was to visualize the armed Pennsylvanian of earlier days; how he went forth to fight his Indian foe, to slay the bison, moose, elk and smaller game, and on his expeditions to the fields of love: where his firearms and edged weapons originated. To create the living man his arms must be secured, and gradually the present colle
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