Grade Range: K-12Resource Type(s): Artifacts, Primary SourceDate Posted: 12/30/2009
This musket was most likely one of the muskets used to arm the militia. The stock is branded "Newtowne" for its place of origin, Newtowne, Massachusetts, which was established as an outpost of Boston in 1631.
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American flintlock musket, .69 caliber, with "TOWNE OF BOSTON" branded into the stock.
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Military, militia, colonial, 17th, Gun, military, Colonial, Defense, Century, military history, weapon, equipment, 17th century, Colony, Equipment, gun, musket, rifle, History, colony
In 1756 New York state was still a British colony and the French and Indians were still a threat ...
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