Category: Pennsylvania

Glass, John

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Western PA and Ohio

Holeman, John

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1807-1819

Baker, Melchoir

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Georges Township Fayette County 1781-1805

Lingle, Simon

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Categories In Lebanon/Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA) Simon Lingle was taxed as a gunsmith in 1850, working in Derry Twp., Dauphin Co., PA. (present-day Hershey) Known specimens are percussion rifles.

Lloyd, William

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Uniontown, Fayette County (1846-48) South Union Township, Fayette County (1851-54) Logan and Kennedy (hardware dealers) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1831-47)

Mechlius, Edward

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Categories In Lebanon/Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA) Edward Mechlius, gunsmith, Halifax Boro, Dauphin Co., PA, tax list 1815. (Kauffman)

Albright, Andreas Albrecht

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Warwick Township, Lititz, Pa., 1772-1800

Guest, John

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) John Guest was taxed as a gunsmith in Lancaster Boro in the first decade of the 19th century. In addition to classic longrifles he manufactured 1808 contract rifles for the government. His name appears on original sales manifests for these guns along with the other important makers of this period from Lancaster […]

Ebbert, William

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.

Leinbach, Elias

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Brecknock Township, 1843-1846

Terrance, Adam

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Fort Pitt (1763)

Smith, Samuel

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Redstone Township, Fayette County (1823-31)

Haldeman, Daniel

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.

Croner, Abraham

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) 1791-1868

Rupp, John

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Categories In Northampton/Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith,John Rupp (1786-1848), nephew of gunsmith Herman Rupp, was taxed as a gunsmith in Weisenberg Twp., Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. J. Rupp specimens regularly present fully evolved Lehigh architecture–sleek and graceful with a pronounced curvilinear buttstock profile.