Plain wood stock with a metal butt, single hammer set on the side, single barrel. Probably a militia musket.
rifles (long guns)
muskets
metal
wood (plant material)
armed forces
Unidentified Metal
Military
RIFLE/MUSKET
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1540
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