Description: Sharps Lawsuit - 1857Christian Sharps originator of the Sharps Rifle Company was born in New Jersey around 1822. Little is known of his early life but he is known to have apprenticed as a machinist in the vicinity of Mill Creek Pennsylvania about six miles west of Philadelphia. Here in 1845 he made his first rifle at the Daniel Nippes rifle factory of Mill Creek and also met his future wife Sarah Chadwick who lived next door to the factory. The contract Daniel Nippes had taken on to manufacture the Model 1840 flint-lock musket almost ruined him and in an effort to save the company he altered some of his muskets to percussion and Maynard Primer. In 1849 or 1850 Sharps transferred the manufacture of his rifle to the Massachusetts Arms Company of Chicopee Falls Massachusetts . Robbins and Lawrence of Windsor Vermont suggested some improvements and a stock company was formed in Hartford Connecticut in 1851 to manufacture the new model. Robbins and Lawrence erected a factory in Hartford in 1852 as they made the first rifles in Windsor . About 1855 Robbins and Lawrence went bankrupt and Lawrence became superintendent of the Sharps Company. Robbins and Lawrence had pledged the Sharps Company property as security for a contract with the British Government for the manufacture of Enfield rifles and this became the basis of the lawsuit which finally exhausted the patience of the stockholders and caused the dissolution of the company in 1874. This is that lawsuit. 67 pages about 8" x 5 1/2" glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced.We are not affiliated with any arms or gun manufacturer. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR THE CONTENTS LIST Delivery: We print to order every two or three days and that way we can offer the entire 5500+ inventory at a reasonable price. Each item is printed, collated, bound, packaged and shipped as soon as we can but it takes a little time so please be patient. Quality: Our mission is to preserve old firearms catalogs at a reasonable price before they are all gone, but our reprints are NOT forgeries of originals, they are exact copies of the originals but not necessarily the exact size or on the original paper or with the original binding. This stinks! During the last 15 years we have had over 50,000 happy customers from all over the world, but we cannot please everyone all the time, nevertheless we can put things right, even if the post office destroys your package. Just let us know if you are disappointed. CONTENTS INCLUDE: CORNELL PUBLICATIONSWe ship worldwide within 5-8 days of payment and will cheerfully combine shipping charges for multiple purchases. Please see all our listings by following the links above or below. Also you may search the text of all our listings by entering a word(s) in 'Search Store' above. Please see thousands of firearms and sporting goods – books, manuals and catalogs from 1850s on for sale in our Ebay Store. Cornell Publications all rights reserved. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution
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