French Model 1768 Musket Identified to Abraham Jones, .74 caliber, walnut stock marked on the right side of the butt "ABRm JONes/Regt New York/LEVies 1781," steel fittings, no lock markings remain, iron ramrod, and a framed sketch of the butt and carving, barrel lg. 44 1/2, overall lg. 59 1/2 in. Provenance: The Bill Ahearn collection. Literature: Illustrated and described in Bill Ahearn, Muskets of the Revolution and French & Indian Wars (Lincoln, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2005), pp. 194-95. Exhibitions: Fraunces Tavern Museum, New York, 2003, and The Thomas Clarke House, Princeton Battlefield. Note: Abraham Jones was from Pound Ridge, New York, and was discharged at Kings Ferry, New York, on January 1, 1781.
French Model 1768 Musket Identified to Abraham Jones, .74 caliber, walnut stock marked on the right side of the butt "ABRm JONes/Regt New York/LEVies 1781," steel fittings, no lock markings remain, iron ramrod, and a framed sketch of the butt and carving, barrel lg. 44 1/2, overall lg. 59 1/2 in. Provenance: The Bill Ahearn collection. Literature: Illustrated and described in Bill Ahearn, Muskets of the Revolution and French & Indian Wars (Lincoln, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2005), pp. 194-95. Exhibitions: Fraunces Tavern Museum, New York, 2003, and The Thomas Clarke House, Princeton Battlefield. Note: Abraham Jones was from Pound Ridge, New York, and was discharged at Kings Ferry, New York, on January 1, 1781.
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