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Long Rifle, 1758
Hills, Medad, 1729-18081758
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Long guns or fowling pieces were primarily for hunting. The long barrel aided accuracy. This gun was made in 1758 by Medad Hills of Goshen, a gun-making center in northwest Connecticut, near the colonial iron foundries. It was made for Noah North, of nearby Torrington. Hills had a contract to supply muskets for the Connecticut Committee of Safety in 1776.
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- Title: Long Rifle, 1758
- Creator: Hills, Medad, 1729-1808
- Date Created: 1758
- Location: United States, Connecticut, Torrington
- Subject Keywords: North, Noah, 1733-1818, Rifles (Long guns), Firearms
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=256387
- Object Name: Rifle (Long gun)
- Object ID: 71.145.1
- Image ID: THF151642
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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