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Roy C. McHenry to Horace Kephart, December 1, 1918, page 2

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  • -2- worm holes, is still in fairly good condition. Mr. Ostendorff doesn't seem to appreciate his Kentuckies, as he refers to some of them as "Indian Chiefs1 guns", although he has several fine specimens. He has one which is set down as a military sharpshooter's rifle, made by Krider, of Philadelphia, in 1800. which is entirely of the Kentucky type. Perhaps the sharpshooters were not satisfied with the Harper's Ferry-Yager style of rifle and preferred the kind which they had formerly used, for which I don't blame them. If you come up Binghamton way, I shall be very glad to show you my little collection and hope to have the pleasure of your personal acquaintance. Do you recall an article which appeared in the November, 1S15 number of Recreation, concerning the making and shooting of Kentucky rifles? It ought to be particularly interesting to you as it describes several which are in the Smoky Mountain region. I imagine that your territory would be a fine field for a collector if he could induce any of the mountaineers to part with their old rifles, although most of them would as soon think of selling a member of the family. When I went to Atlanta last summer, I came very near stopping off and making a side trip to see what I could find, but unfortunately the I. W. W.'s and other loyal subjects of the Kaiser got rather busy just at that time, so I had to call the trip off. This afternoon I expect to leave for Harrisburg to attend court, and while I am there I mean to browse through the State Museum. The last time I was there I saw a very old flint lock rifle without any label attached to it, which may be the Marshall rifle; to which you refer in your Outing article. I will try to find out more about
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