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Lancaster Rifle Club to Horace Kephart, April 30, 1919, page 1

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  • Furniture, Beds and Bedding Carpenter & Co. EVERYTHING FOR THE HOME 44 south duke street Lancaster, pa. Floor Coverings rugs, Etc. department Store Orders April Si I®. Mr. Hora oe Ke ph a rt, Bryson City, M. 8. Dear Mr. Kephart:- Your.letter of April 2»t* received, I secured only this week a bunch of Pistola through Mr. sawyer, he bought a small collection in order to get a few he wanted, and he sent me the other Is asked me to look then over if I wanted any an. right, if not to return them, there are 12 that never went back, I lure his "book ""irearras in American History 1600 to 1800. #r# after learning about my scores with the Springrieis rifie, he toid mo that if ne can gut the manuscript from the orinter he will se«d it on and have m? go over it to see it; he has left out anything the the rifleman would ilka to know, 1" have played the rifie gamo tor ovwr --S0 years and am anxious to see his too ok, The only th ing I have so fir as the old Lancaster gun makers are concerned is a rifle raade ## or j giiouli ^ay a Fowling t*iece made f>y,Learaan o$e of tJa© old gun makers, I have Fiint locks or j§g§ I8I-": but ray rifies rand riuskets are all since I800 with the exception of a Vat ail TjOok I picked up teeiostged to a Professor in th e oouiity, who has been dead for ouite a while.
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  • In a letter to Horace Kephart on April 30, 1919, J. D. Carpenter, secretary of the Lancaster Rifle Club, discusses a small collection of pistols he acquired from Mr. Sawyer. Since he received the Springfield rifle, Mr. Carpenter explains he will review the rifle’s description for Mr. Sawyer’s manuscript. He discusses his gun collection, including pistols, rifles, muskets, and carbines. He mentions the prospect of viewing an 1824 J. H. Halls Harpers Ferry Flintlock rifle, but had a misunderstanding with the owner.