Recent content by Neil McLellan

And despite the name, in the event Priestly didn't attend the dinner. See: https://www.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/the-french-revolution-dinner-14-july-1791/

It turns out that Burns' excise pistols are not the ones given by Blair. The "Blair Pistols" given to Burns at Ellisland were well made double barrelled holster pistols and are now those on display at the National Museum of Scotland. His flintlock excise pistols were single barrelled and are now...

I think you're right about other female gunmakers. I've found two links about female gunmakers (and specifically about Ann Patrick, a Liverpool Gunmaker from about 1820) and it is said that 3-6% of English gunmakers between the 16th and 19th centuries have been female, although often only...

There is an interesting reference here: Connor, Buck. Information on the North West Trade Gun. https://bs-bp.forumotion.com/t1052-information-on-the-north-west-trade-gun And here is a copy of the data he gives:

Sorry you're having trouble with this - try double clicking on it and the pdf document should open on your computer. I've just tested it again and it seems to work for me.....

I was surprised to read recently that Jane Hannah Blair (wife of gunmaker David Blair) had taken over his government contracts when he died in 1814 and supplied 538 "North West Trade Guns" (a type of musket) to the Ordnance stores for use as gifts for trading with the indigenous north American...