Springfield - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

The Harper’s Ferry Armory. In the Report of the Chief of Ordnance we find a recommendation that a grand Arsenal be established in New York for the fabrication of arms, the Chief of Ordnance assuming that […]

Spirit of Jefferson

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October 17, 1857

17 Oct 1857

Improvement in Gun Making

The small arms now made at Harpers Ferry and Springfield, for the use of the United States, are constructed with such exact similarity in their several parts that a perfect gun can be made out of […]

The Shepherdstown Register

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June 20, 1855

20 Jun 1855

Burton Appointment to British Armory

ANOTHER COMPLIMENT TO AMERICAN MECHANICS.– James H. Burton, late master armorer in the National Armory at Harper’s Ferry, Va.; but for some months past a resident of Springfield, Mass., it is said, has received from the […]

The Baltimore Sun

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April 22, 1826

22 Apr 1826

Production of National Armories

National Armories.– By a communication made to the House of Representatives of the United States by the Secretary of War, it appears, that during the year 1825, there has been an expenditure at the national armory […]

Literary Cadet & Rhode-Island Statesman

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