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Government & Law

This topic appears in 111 indexed records between 1799 and 1976.
111 Indexed Records
1799 Earliest Record
1976 Latest Record
Harpers Ferry Strongest Location
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July 28, 2023

Making Rifles of Old Muskets

We extract the following complimentary notice of the inventive genius of A. M. Ball, Esq., of Harper’s Ferry, from the Scientific American: At the U.S. Armory, Harper’s Ferry, A. M. Ball, foreman, of the millwrights, has […]
July 28, 2023

Appropriations to Harpers Ferry Armory

Among the estimates of the appropriations proposed to be made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1858, the Secretary of the Treasury transmits the following. Harpes Ferry Armory.– For iron fence and gates in front […]
July 27, 2023

Harpers Ferry Armory Efficiency

A correspondent of the “Spirit of Jefferson” states that the efficiency of the Harper’s Ferry Armory is without parallel; the manufacture of the Model Rifle Musket commenced in October; 730 was the result of its operations; […]
July 27, 2023

List of Delinquents, Year 1856

A List of Delinquents in the County, and Parish Levy for the Year 1856, in Jefferson County, Virginia.—– RETURNED BY ROBERT LUCAS, SHERIFF.
July 27, 2023

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 […]
Time Periods

Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1830s 24 records
1850s 15 records
1860s 12 records
1900s 8 records
1880s 8 records
1840s 7 records