Research Catalog

Title

The longrifles of western Pennsylvania : Allegheny and Westmoreland counties / Richard F. Rosenberger and Charles Kaufmann ; photographs by Bill Owen.

Author

Rosenberger, Richard F.

Publication

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

Kaufmann, Charles, 1944-

Description

xxxiv, 139 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 x 29 cm

Subject

• Gunsmiths > Pennsylvania > Allegheny County
• Gunsmiths > Pennsylvania > Westmoreland County
• Kentucky rifle
• American long rifles
• Gunsmiths
• Allegheny County (Pa.) > History
• Westmoreland County (Pa.) > History
• Pennsylvania > Allegheny County
• Pennsylvania > Westmoreland County

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Preface -- Introduction -- Evolution of the American longrifle -- History of gunmaking in early western Pennsylvania -- Characteristics of western Pennsylvania rifles -- Gunsmiths in Allegheny County: The Butler family; The Ferree family; Henry Wolf; George Sutton; Thomas Allison; Samuel McCosh; David Pollock and Peter Stilley; Andrew S. Joy; John Fleeger; Charles Cheney; W. Cooper; Abias Butler Smith; Elisha Pancost; William and Joseph Craig; Enterprise Gun Works; Great Western Gun Works (J.H. Johnston); Whitesmiths -- Gunsmiths in Westmoreland County: David Morton; John Sherry, Sr.; Solomon and Benjamin Kempf; George Kettering; Jacob Silvis; Samuel Zimmerman; Jacob Earnest; William Blain; Unsigned rifles -- List of western Pennsylvania gunsmiths -- List of Pittsburgh gunsmiths and hardware dealers.

ISBN

• 0822937271
• 9780822937272

LCCN

92012625

OCLC

• ocm25675509
• 25675509
• SCSB-1999884

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library