Excerpt from Firearms in American History: 1600 to 1800 The first settlers in the new country brought fire arms presumably such as had seen long service which may have been made in any part of Europe except Russia. During the next generation arms began to be made in America, by European immi grant armorers, after European models. T here after firearms were made in increasing numbers in the American Colonies, and imported also in quanti ties, particularly from England and the Netherlands. When the wars with France were in ...
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Excerpt from Firearms in American History: 1600 to 1800 The first settlers in the new country brought fire arms presumably such as had seen long service which may have been made in any part of Europe except Russia. During the next generation arms began to be made in America, by European immi grant armorers, after European models. T here after firearms were made in increasing numbers in the American Colonies, and imported also in quanti ties, particularly from England and the Netherlands. When the wars with France were in progress Eng lish and French soldiers brought to America the military arms of their nations, and their officers brought the high-grade arms of celebrated European armorers. Firearms of America and of Europe are therefore intimately related in Colonial history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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