Long Rifle, 1758
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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.
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.
Artifact
Rifle (Long gun)
Date Made
1758
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Guns
Object ID
71.145.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Steel (Alloy)
Brass (Alloy)
Maple (Wood)
Hickory (Wood)
Dimensions
Length: 67.5 in
Inscriptions
on left side: NOAH NORTH Brass thumb plate on throat is marked 4 / 1758 / 4 Brass butt plate engraved in script: MADE / BY MEDAD HILLS AT / GOSHEN.
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