Grade Range: K-12Resource Type(s): Primary Source, ArtifactsDate Posted: 12/29/2009
American flintlock musket, .69 caliber, with "TOWNE OF BOSTON" branded into the stock.
This gun was put together in the Massachusetts Colony before the French and Indian War to arm the militia of the city of Boston.
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