Excerpt from Simeon North, First Official Pistol Maker of the United States: A Memoir Becoming interested in the achievements of their ancestor in the manufacture of pistols and guns for government use, they were surprised to find that there nowhere existed, in any public form, any record of these achievements, nor any knowledge of them on the part of the historians of the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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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Hardcover reprint of the original 1913 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: North, S. N. D. Simon Newton Dexter. Simeon North, First Official Pistol Maker Of The United States; A Memoir. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: North, S. N. D. Simon Newton Dexter. Simeon North, First Official Pistol Maker Of The United States; A Memoir, . Concord, N. H., The Rumford Press, 1913. Subject: North, Simeon, 1705-1852